Step 1

CHOCOLATE CHERRY CAKE

Step 2

Preheat the oven to 350 F and grease a bundt pan (10 or 12 cup will both work).

Step 5

In a bowl combine the table and the dark brown sugars and mix well. Add the olive oil, stir to incorporate. Add the beaten eggs, stir again. Add the milk stout (or milk) and vanilla, stir. Set aside.

Step 8

Mix together the cake flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and soda. Gently fold the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients without overmixing.

Step 11

Fold in the cherry pie filling and dark chocolate chips and transfer the batter into the bundt pan.

Step 14

Bake for about 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the cake come out clean. Allow to cool for 10 minutes or so in the pan, then turn out onto a cooling rack and allow to cool completely before topping with chocolate ganache.

Step 16

CHOCOLATE GANACHE1.In a bowl place the semi-sweet chocolate chips. Heat the heavy cream until it just begins to bubble and pour over the chips. Allow to sit for about a minute, then gently stir until homogenous.

Step 19

Pour over the cherry chocolate cake.

Step 22

Once the ganache has cooled over the cake, you can drizzle some of the reserved liquids from the cherry pie filling over the cake as well.