Recipe#3869

Title: Cherry Nut

From: kayco@erinet.com (Linda K. Coram) 
 Newsgroups: rec.food.baking 
 Subject: Chocolate Cherry Cake 
 Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 04:10:26 GMT 
 Message-ID: <36758eed.7196559@news.erinet.com> 

2 cups flour, sifted
 1 teaspoon baking soda
 1/4 teaspoon salt
 1 cup buttermilk
 10 oz bottle maraschino cherries, reserve liquid
 1 egg, room temperature
 1/2 cup butter, softened
 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
 1 cup sugar
 2 unsweetened baking chocolate squares, melted
 1/2 cup walnuts
 Heat oven to 350 deg. Grease and flour a 13x9" pan. Sift flour,
 baking soda and salt together in a large bowl. Put buttermilk, all
 of the reserved maraschino cherry syrup, egg, butter, vanilla and
 sugar into a food processor, cover and process until smooth.  Add
 melted chocolate. Continue to process until well blended. Stop
 processor and add all of the cherries and nuts, cover and process
 until they are coarsely chopped. Pour batter into dry ingredients
 and mix gently by hand until well blended. Bake 35-45 minutes, cool
 in pan  and frost if desired.  Sprinkle some confectioners sugar
 on top.