Nana's Chocolate Cherry Cake

Submitted by Stacky5

"This was one of my Nana's signature cakes...We all loved cherry cordials and received them for Christmas quite a few times! This cake was my Nana's way of giving us that same simple pleasure, but in a more healthy (???) way! YUM-O!!!"

 

• Ready In: 1hr
• Ingredients: 6
• Serves: 6-8

ingredients

• 1 (18 ounce) box dark chocolate cake mix
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can thank you brand cherry pie filling
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon almond flavoring
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• dark chocolate frosting

directions

1. Mix cake mix, eggs and flavorings until well-blended. (I use a hand mixer and mix for at least 2 minutes.).
2. Fold in cherry pie filling (gently).
3. Spread batter into a 8" x 12" pan that has been greased and floured.
4. Bake at 350 degrees until done. (40-50 minutes, according to the cake mix package.).
5. Frost with dark chocolate frosting.

Reviews

[joecountry350]

This made a great cake I made it for my wife for mothers day and everyone loved it

 

[Benthe Danish]

What a great and moist cake, I remember just after moving to the states, back a million years ago.. my neighbor brought on along for my first potluck. Tried it exactly as stated and added the cream cheese frosting, as Amy had suggested. Wonderful. This is a last Goodby to Stacy.

 

[AmyMCGS]

This was great for my son's first birthday-- as easy as a boxed mix, but it tasted like something special. It took almost an hour in my two round pans. I kept testing with a toothpick, but it was hard to tell if it was done due to the cherries making the toothpick look moist. I frosted this with cream cheese frosting and it was really a good combo. Thanks for posting!

 

[Dienia B.]

really good stuff as usual stack, everyone check out her recipes . they are wonderful. dee

 

[shimmerysummersun]

This cake wasn't as delicious as I thought it was going to be, but it did turn out to be a good cake. I followed the directions exactly with the exception that I used a 9x13" cake pan and only baked the cake about 25 minutes. Thank you for a good recipe. I will be making this again sometime!