Fluted Chocolate Maraschino Cherry Cake

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 2/3 cup butter or 2/3 cup margarine, softened
• 1 3/4 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/4 teaspoons almond extract
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup hershey's special dark cocoa
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 1/2 cups sour cream
• powdered sugar
• 1 cup whipping cream
• 3 tablespoons powdered sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup maraschino cherry, chopped

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350°f
• 2 grease and flour 12-cup fluted tube pan.
• 3 beat butter and sugar in bowl until creamy.
• 4 add eggs, almond and vanilla extracts; beat well.
• 5 combine flour, cocoa and baking soda; add to butter mixture alternately with sour cream, beating well.
• 6 pour into pan.
• 7 bake 45 to 50 minutes or until wooden pick inserted comes out clean.
• 8 cool 15 minutes; remove from pan to wire rack.
• 9 cool completely.
• 10 for the cherry whipped cream, beat whipping cream, powdered sugar, almond extract and vanilla extract until stiff. stir in chopped maraschino cherries.
• 11 sift cake with powdered sugar and serve with cherry whipped cream.