Chocolate Cherry Streusel Cake

By rossboys

Ingredients

• 1-1/2 cups mini semisweet chocolate chips
• 1 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa
• 2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1-2/3 cups sugar
• 3/4 cup (1-1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
• 3 cups flour
• 1-1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1-1/2 tsp baking powder
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 16 oz container light sour cream
• 3 large eggs
• 3/4 cup dried cherries
• confectioners' sugar (optional) for garnish

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 325 deg. Grease and flour a 10" bundt pan. In a small bowl, combine chocolate chips, cocoa, cinnamon and 1/3 cup sugar; set aside.

In a large bowl, with mixer at low speed, beat 1-1/3 cup sugar and butter until blended. Increase speed to medium; beat 2 minutes, occasionally scraping bowl.

Reduce spped to low; add flour, baking soda, baking powder, vanilla extract, salt, sour cream and eggs; beat until well-mixed. Increase speed to medium; beat 2 minutes, occasionally scraping bowl. Stir in dried cherries.

Spread one-third of batter into pan; sprinkle with half the chocolate mixture. Top with half the remaining batter; sprinkle with remaining chocolate mixture.

Pour in the rest of the batter.

Bake cake 65 to 70 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack 10 minutes.

Invert cake onto rack to cool completely. Garnish with confectioners' sugar, if you'd like.