I thought perhaps someone out of my faithful readers would like to make this cake because it was a huge success! and so easy! so moist! etc. So, here it is, faithfully translated from my German cooking book:
German Chocolate Cherry Cake
Umm, Not That Kind
Ingredients
2 2/3 c. flour
2 1/2 T. baking powder
pinch of salt
7 ounces bittersweet chocolate
16 ounce jar of cherries, drained well
(hmmm, is it possible in America to get cherries in a jar that are not the pie
filling kind? Frozen would be ok. Regular cherries would work, but I know that is completely impossible this time of year!)
2 eggs
8 ounces plain, full milk yogHurt
2/3 c. sugar
1 t. vanilla extract (if you have vanilla sugar, you can use a packet of that!)
1/3 c. butter, softened
Preheat the oven to 350, and either butter and flour a rectangular bread pan, or cover the inside of the pan with a piece of parchment paper (I recommend this! I just lifted the cake right out of the pan, and I DIDN'T HAVE TO WASH THE PAN!)
1. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a small bowl.
2. Roughly chop chocolate.
3. In a large bowl, beat eggs, then mix in joghurt, sugar, and vanilla. Mix in softened butter.
4. Gradually mix the four mixture into the egg mixture.
5. Fold in the cherries and chocolate.
6. Pour (more like glop) the dough into the pan.
7. Bake for one hour at 350 degrees!
The Vietnamese restaurant was absolutely fantastic last night. Jeremy had duck that he rolled in rice paper wrappers with fresh herbs, mung beans, and rice noodles. I was totally jealous because his dinner was yummy AND fun.
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The only cherries in a jar that I know of are marischino (sp) cherries, like for an ice cream sundae. Would those be too sweet? I'll have to try this recipe. I'm glad Jeremy had a good birthday dinner!
Yeah, I think maraschino (I had to look that up) cherries would be a little weird. I guess the frozen cherries would work the best, if you can find them. Frozen blueberries or raspberries would be good too, I bet, but then it wouldn't be so German.
just stumbled across your recipe, looking for something to make with cherries from the jar.
I get mine at Trader Joe's. They always have them, and I cannot live without my german cherry streusel.
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