I took a sick day today. I actually was not feeling well this morning. I didn't get much sleep as a result and couldn't face a day in the office. This afternoon, after taking it very easy all morning, I was getting bored and hungry and was looking around in the kitchen and realized I had all the ingredients to make one of my favorite cakes: The Chocolate-Covered Cherry Cake.
It is a simple recipe that is in Anne Byrn's The Cake Mix Doctor cookbook. All you do is mix a devil's food cake mix with a can of cherry pie filling (21 oz.), two eggs, and a teaspoon of almond extract. Bake it at 350 for 30-35 minutes in a 13- by 9-inch pan (sprayed with vegetable oil spray). The icing is a bit more tricky. You bring a cup of sugar, 1/3 cup of milk and 1/3 cup of butter to a boil for a minute (stirring constantly). Then you remove it from the burner and mix in 6 oz. (or a little more) of semi-sweet chocolate chips until they melt and the icing is smooth. Poor it over the warm cake and let it cool. It is very sweet, but so good.
You can see from the photo that it did not take long before I had to try a piece.
