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Chocolate-Cherry Coffee Cake

You can make this cake up to a week in advance — cover tightly with plastic wrap and foil, and freeze.

INGREDIENTS conv. chart U.S. Metric

1.5 cup(s) mini semisweet chocolate chips
1 tablespoon(s) unsweetened cocoa
2 teaspoon(s) ground cinnamon
1.66 cup(s) sugar
.75 cup(s) (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
3 cup(s) flour
1.5 teaspoon(s) baking soda
1.5 teaspoon(s) baking powder
2 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract
.5 teaspoon(s) salt
16 ounce(s) container light sour cream
3 large eggs
.75 cup(s) dried cherries
Confectioners' sugar (optional), for garnish

DIRECTIONS

  1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Grease and flour a 10-inch Bundt pan. In a small bowl, combine chocolate chips, cocoa, cinnamon and 1/3 cup sugar; set aside.
  2. In a large bowl, with mixer at low speed, beat 1 1/3 cups sugar and butter until blended. Increase speed to medium; beat 2 minutes, occasionally scraping bowl.
  3. Reduce speed to low; add flour, baking soda, baking powder, vanilla extract, salt, sour cream and eggs; beat until well mixed. Increase speed to medium; beat 2 minutes, occasionally scraping bowl. Stir in dried cherries
  4. Spread one-third of batter into pan; sprinkle with half the chocolate mixture. Top with half the remaining batter; sprinkle with remaining chocolate mixture. Pour in the rest of the batter.
  5. Bake coffee cake 65 to 70 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack 10 minutes. Invert cake onto rack to cool completely. Garnish with confectioners’ sugar, if you like.
chocolate-cherry coffee cake
Photo: Lucy Schaeffer

COOKING INFO

Serves 16
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Yield 16 servings
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NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION (per serving)

Calories 386
Total Fat 18g
Saturated Fat 10g
Cholesterol 74mg
Sodium 262mg
Total Carbohydrate 54g
Dietary Fiber 2g
Sugars --
Protein 6g
Calcium --
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