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This Cherry Chocolate Chip Cake is so easy to make, and every bite is filled with cherry chocolate goodness. You will love how easy this cake is, to make, but you will love even more, how delicious it is.
We had this Cherry Chocolate Chip Cake for a family party and it was gone in minutes.
It’s perfect for Valentine’s Day!
We love the chunks of maraschino cherries mixed in with the mini chocolate chips.
If you love cherries, you will also want to try our delicious Cherry Bing Bars , this Cherry Cheesecake Dump Cake or our Chocolate Cherry Nut Bars.
How do the chocolate chips and cherries not sink?
For this Cherry Chocolate Chip Cake recipe, we recommend, coating the chocolate chips in a little bit of the cake mix.
This will help them stick and stay in place, when combined with the cake batter mixture.
You also want your cherry bits to be pretty small. The bigger they are, the more likely they will sink.
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Serves: 24 servings
Cherry Chocolate Chip Cake Recipe
This Cherry Chocolate Chip Cake is so easy to make, and every bite is filled with cherry chocolate goodness. You will love how easy this cake is, to make, but you will love even more, how delicious it is.
Prep Time 50 minutes mins
Cook Time 35 minutes mins
Total Time 1 hour hr 25 minutes mins
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Ingredients
Cake
- 1 cup mini Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips
- 16.25 ounces white cake mix 1 box, divided
- ¾ cup water
- ½ cup sour cream
- ⅓ cup vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 4 eggs just use egg whites
- 20 ounces maraschino cherries 2 (10 ounce) jars, divided, drain and reserve juice and chop cherries
Frosting
- 1 cup butter
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
Instructions
Cake
Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 9 x 13 inch baking dish.
In a small bowl combine the chocolate chips with 1 Tablespoon of the dry cake mix. Stir until all of the chocolate chips are covered.
In a large mixing bowl beat together the remaining cake mix, water, sour cream, vegetable oil, almond extract, and egg whites on low speed for about 30 seconds.
Then beat on medium speed for about 2 minutes.
Chop the cherries and be sure to pat them dry with a paper towel so they won't streak your white cake mix.
Stir in 1 cup of the cherries and the chocolate chips into the cake batter. Then pour into the prepared pan. (Remember to reserve the juice and 15 cherries for the frosting)
Bake for about 32-35 minutes or until cake springs back when touched lightly in the center. Cool completely before frosting.
Frosting
Beat together the softened butter and powdered sugar until smooth. Then add in the almond extract and 1/3 cup cherry juice reserved from the cherries. Mix until well blended. If the frosting is too thick, add a little more cherry juice. If it's too runny, add in more powdered sugar. When you get to the desired consistency, stir in 15 chopped cherries that have been patted dry with a paper towel.
Spread frosting over the cooled cake.
Notes
We used the Betty Crocker white cake mix.
Nutrition
Calories: 371 kcal · Carbohydrates: 49 g · Protein: 3 g · Fat: 19 g · Saturated Fat: 11 g · Cholesterol: 51 mg · Sodium: 243 mg · Potassium: 143 mg · Fiber: 2 g · Sugar: 40 g · Vitamin A: 321 IU · Vitamin C: 1 mg · Calcium: 59 mg · Iron: 2 mg
Equipment
Mixing Bowl
Hand mixer
9 x 13 baking dish
Recipe Details
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Cake slightly adapted from tablespoon.com
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Jennifer says:
How do you keep the chocolate chips & cherries from sinking to the bottom?
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Cyd says:
We didn't have a problem with them sinking to the bottom. The chocolate chips are coated in the tablespoon of cake mix as explained in Step 2 of the directions. This prevents them from sinking.
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Gigi says:
Can I make this in a bundt pan and if so what temp and how long?
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Cyd says:
You should be able to make it in a bundt pan. This site will help you with the conversion. http://dish.allrecipes.com/cake-pan-size-conversions/
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Kathleen Pruitt says:
Will this recipe work for 2-9 inch layers?
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Cyd says:
This should work fine in 9 inch layer pans.
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Nancy says:
Why is the cake mix divided? Do you only use half of the box?
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Momma Cyd says:
Because in Step 2 you need to measure out 1 Tablespoon of cake mix to add to the chocolate chips. In Step 3 you follow the instructions for the remaining cake mix.
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