Thursday, January 28, 2010

A Special (and Easy!) Cake for a Special Day

We are preparing to host a Valentine's dinner at our church in a couple weeks. Having volunteered to coordinate this fundraiser for the youth, I have been thinking about what to serve for dessert. A recipe that almost immediately came to mind was another recipe from Denise, my twin sister. It has a four things going for it:

  1. It's chocolate.
  2. It has cherries in it.
  3. It only has three ingredients.
  4. It's delicious!
The icing for the cake is very unusual too. It calls for granulated sugar instead of powdered sugar and it is cooked on top of the stove.
This is the dessert I have chosen and I think it will be a sweet ending to a good meal. If you're looking for a dessert for your sweetheart for Valentine's day, I think even cupid would be impressed!
Quick Chocolate Cherry Cake
1 Devil's food cake mix
2 eggs
1 can of cherry pie filling
Mix all ingredients well with wooden spoon. Mixture will be very thick. Pour in greased 9 x 13" baking dish. Bake for 25 minutes at 350 degrees. Pour warm frosting (recipe follows) over cake while cake is warm. Store in refrigerator.
Chocolate Frosting
1/3 c. milk
1 c. sugar
5 T. butter
1 c. chocolate chips
Combine milk, sugar and butter. Bring to boil. Boil 1 minute, stirring constantly. Add chocolate chips and stir well. Let set for 10-15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Click here for a printable version of this recipe.
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  1. MFebruary 10, 2010 at 3:35 PM

    It's not fair. With all these chocolate recipes, and calorie laden desserts, how can you indulge and stay so small? Now, don't tell me you make them but don't eat them.....I wish I were so lucky. You make my mouth water.

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