Easy Cherry Cake

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• moist cake mix
• 1 (21 ounce) can cherry pie filling
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1/3 cup milk or 1/3 cup half-and-half
• 5 tablespoons butter
• 1 (6 ounce) package semisweet chocolate morsels (1 cup)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• whipped cream, if desired

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f
• 2 for cake, combine cake mix, cherry pie filling, eggs and vanilla in large mixing bowl.
• 3 mix until all ingredients are well combined.
• 4 spread mixture evenly in well-sprayed 13 x 9-inch baking pan.
• 5 bake 25 to 30 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• 6 cool on wire rack.
• 7 for frosting, combine sugar, milk and butter in heavy medium saucepan.
• 8 bring to boil over medium heat, stirring frequently.
• 9 boil 1 minute.
• 10 remove from heat and stir in chocolate morsels and extract until chocolate is melted and mixture is smooth.
• 11 pour and spread over warm cake.
• 12 let stand at room temperature 2 to 3 hours for frosting to become firm.
• 13 cut into pieces and serve garnished with whipped cream.