Easy Chocolate Cherry Cake Recipe

This outrageously delicious cake comes together easily and quickly with devil's food cake mix and cherry pie filling. Perfect for busy families or anyone that needs a delectable chocolate cake recipe in a pinch.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword cherry chocolate cake, chocolate and cherry club, chocolate cake with cherry pie filling, how to make a chocolate cherry cake, how to make cherry chocolate cake

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 45

Servings

Calories 318kcal

Author Beth Pierce

Ingredients

Cake

1 box 15.25 ounce devils food cake mix
3 large eggs
¼ cup canola oil
1 teaspoon almond extract
1 can 21 ounce cherry pie filling

Chocolate Glaze

3 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons corn syrup
¾ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
Optional Garnish maraschino cherries

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a bundt pan with nonstick baking spray.
In a large bowl, stir together cake mix, eggs, oil, and almond extract just until incorporated. Fold in cherries.
Bake for 40-45 minutes. Cool for 15 minutes and invert onto a cake plate. Cool cake completely; approximately 2 hours.
In a microwavable bowl or Pyrex measuring cup, microwave the butter and corn syrup for 45 seconds at 50% power. Add chocolate chips and microwave for 45 seconds at 50% power. Remove from microwave and continue stirring until chips are melted. If necessary, microwave for 15-second intervals at 50% power until the chips are melted.
Stir in the vanilla and drizzle over the cake. If desired, cut maraschino cherries in half and arrange them on top of the cake or at the base of the cake.

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Notes

Grease well or spray your bundt pan with nonstick baking spray. I use Baker's Joy. I love it, and it works well.
If you convert this cake to a 9x13-inch pan, be careful not to fill the baking pan too high and switch to a chocolate frosting instead of a chocolate glaze.
Cool the cake completely before drizzling it with the glaze.
Because the cake has cherries in it, once completed, store it in the refrigerator until ready to serve. Store leftovers in the refrigerator as well.

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