Cherry Chocolate Sheet Cake
Ingredients
- 1 can Oregon Fruit Products Red Tart Cherries, drained, discard juice
- ½ cup Unsalted Butter, softened
- 1 ½ cup Sugar
- 3 Eggs
- 3 cups All-Purpose Flour
- ½ tsp Baking Soda
- 1½ teaspoon Baking Powder
- 1 ½ teaspoon Cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon Ground Cloves
- 4 tablespoons Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- ½ teaspoon Salt
- 1 cup Buttermilk
- Cream cheese frosting or powdered sugar optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large mixing bowl cream butter with sugar until smooth.
- Add eggs one at a time, beating thoroughly after each addition.
- In a separate bowl, sift flour, soda, baking powder, cinnamon, cloves, cocoa and salt.
- Alternately, in thirds, add buttermilk and flour mix to creamed butter and sugar. Stir until blended, folding in the cherries at the end.
- Spray a 9x13 baking pan with nonstick cooking spray.
- Spread cake batter in pan and bake for 40 minutes or until lightly browned on top and a toothpick comes out clean when inserted in the middle.
- Cool.