Chocolate Cherry Cake Squares

Name: Chocolate Cherry Cake Squares
Prep time: 4 h
Cook time: 4 h
Total time: 4 h
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon almond extract; 1 teaspoons baking soda; 12 servings Garnish: confectioners sugar; 296 milliliters packed dark brown sugar; 4 larges eggs; 473 milliliters all-purpose flour; 158 milliliters granulated sugar; 1 teaspoons salt; 237 milliliters semisweet chocolate chips; 237 milliliters sticks unsalted butter, softened; 177 milliliters unsweetened cocoa powder (not Dutch-process); 1 teaspoon vanilla; 237 milliliters boiling-hot water

Chocolate Cherry Cake Squares might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe serves 12. One serving contains 495 calories, 6g of protein, and 23g of fat. If you have salt, baking soda, boiling-hot water, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 4 hours.

Instructions

Toss fresh or frozen cherries and any juices with granulated sugar and almond extract in a bowl and let stand at least 2 hours.

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Granulated Sugar

Almond Extract

Cherries

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Bowl

Drain cherries, reserving 1/2 cup cherry juices.

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Cherries

Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter and flour a 13- by 9-inch metal baking pan, knocking out excess flour.

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Butter

All Purpose Flour

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Baking Pan

Oven

Whisk hot water and cocoa powder in a small bowl until smooth, then whisk in reserved cherry juices and vanilla.

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Cocoa Powder

Vanilla

Cherries

Water

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Whisk

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Sift together flour, baking soda, and salt into another bowl.

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Baking Soda

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Bowl

Beat together butter and brown sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer at medium speed until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes, then add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.

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Brown Sugar

Butter

Egg

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Hand Mixer

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Add flour mixture and cocoa mixture alternately in batches, beginning and ending with flour mixture and mixing at low speed until blended (batter may look curdled).

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Cocoa Powder

All Purpose Flour

Stir in cherries and chocolate chips and pour batter into pan, smoothing top.

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Chocolate Chips

Cherries

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Frying Pan

Bake in middle of oven until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes. Cool cake completely in pan on a rack, then cut into squares. Just before serving, dust with confectioners sugar.

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Powdered Sugar