Chocolate-Cherry Bundt Cake!

Chocolate Cherry Bundt Cake

A Moist chocolate cake with cherry filling and a chocolate ganache frosting!

Love is simple.

Love is the little things…

Everyday things.

Like when your ever so thoughtful hubby offers to do the tall stack of dirty dishes from dinner because he knows you’ve had a  rough day.

Or when the last thing you want to do is laugh,  but he makes it happen, because he’s kind of magic that way.

Love is knowing what your sweetie wants, even before they do.

Love is chocolate cake and cherry pie filling.

A little bit tart and a whole lot of sweet.

I know I don’t say it near enough-but I truly feel blessed to have my hubby.  He’s one of the most compassionate, understanding, and hilarious men that I have ever known.

And after all this time-he’s still my best friend, most trusted confidant, and the love of my life.  And more importantly-he shares the same DEEP adoration for chocolate…..and cherries that I do.

So I thought I would make hubby something special this Valentine’s day.  Something from my heart…..something homemade.

And I ask you?  What could be more special than a decadent chocolate cake filled with more chocolate plump sweet cherries and covered with even MORE chocolate?

Nothing I tell you.  Nothing!

Okay well, there is something.  It’s a bundt cake and even though it was SUPER easy to make those special folks in your life will think you spent hours making it!  But don’t worry.  It will be our secret!

I bet you even have all of the ingredients. Like flour, sugar, and cocoa powder.

And eggs and oil and vanilla too!!

Don’t forget that cherry pie filling. If you’re like me you probably have one leftover from holiday baking.

Isn’t ganache difficult to make?

NO! It’s so EASY. It’s just chocolate and cream. All you need to remember is to ‘slowly’ heat the chocolate. Not too hot or it will separate or worse, burn. So I just place it in a bowl over a saucepan half full of water. (A makeshift double boiler) and slowly let it heat until just melted. Then I add my cream and whisk it until smooth and blended!

Here’s the full recipe!

kitchen tools you’ll need:

• Stand or Hand Mixer
• Mixing bowls
• Bundt Cake pan
• Spatula

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Chocolate-Cherry Bundt Cake

A decadent chocolate cake with layers of cherry pie filling and even more chocolate!

Course Dessert

Keyword cake

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 45 minutes

Total Time 55 minutes

Servings 12

Ingredients

Cake

• 2 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 cup water
• 3 eggs
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
• 1 21 oz can cherry pie filling
• 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips

Glaze

• 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips
• 1/3 cup heavy cream

Instructions

1. For the cake: Preheat the oven to 350. Grease and flour a bundt pan well. Set aside. In a large mixing bowl, combine all dry ingredients for the cake. Mix well. Add water, eggs, oil, and vanilla. Mix until all ingredients are incorporated. Stir in half of the cherry filling. Pour half of the batter into a bundt pan. Spoon remaining cherry filling and 1/2 cup of dark chocolate chips over the batter. Pour remaining batter over filling and chips. Bake in the oven for 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes clean. Allow the cake to cool completely before removing it from the pan. For the Ganache: Place chocolate chips in a heat-safe bowl. Heat over a slow simmering saucepan until chocolate melts. Remove from heat and pour in the cream. Mix well until smooth. Pour glaze over the top of the cake.

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