Chocolate Cherry Fruitcake

This is a delicious, decadent fruitcake that is, in my opinion a tasty change from the old tried and true variety. I hope you will try it and enjoy it as much as my family does. These cakes will last, well-wrapped, for about a week. If you want a really boozy cake, you can brush with additional liquor every few days before serving. They can be frozen, altho if you choose that route, don't add liquor to them. You can rewarm them once they're thawed out and add it later. Amounts will vary depending on how large you serve. Source: david lebovitz from the food network.

Steps

Preheat oven to 350f.

A day or so before you make the cake , toss the cherries in 1 / 4 cup liquor.

Cover , and let macerate.

To bake the cakes , grease two 9-inchloaf pans and line the bottoms with parchment paper and dust with cocoa powder.

Sift together the flour , cocoa , salt , baking soda , and baking powder.

Set aside.

In the bowl of a standing mixer , or by hand ,.

Beat the butter and sugar until very light and fluffy.

Stir together the eggs and yolk with the vanilla , then dribble them in while beating.

Mix in one-third of the flour / cocoa mixture , then half of the buttermilk or yogurt.

Then mix in another third of the dry ingredients , then the rest of the yogurt or buttermilk.

Finally , add the remaining dry ingredients , and gently stir in the nuts , chocolate chips and cherries.

Divide and smooth the batter into the prepared loaf pans and bake for 45 minutes , or unril a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Let stand on the counter-top for abo.

Ingredients

dried cherries, rum, all-purpose flour, unsweetened cocoa powder, salt, baking soda, baking powder, butter, sugar, eggs, egg yolk, vanilla extract, buttermilk, walnuts, chocolate chips