Ingredients
- • Cake:
- • 1 Devils Food Cake Mix (mixed according to directions only adding 1 egg more)
- • 1 jar Maraschino cherries drained and chopped coarsely
- • 1 8 oz (224 grm). pkg. of cream cheese
- • 1/3 cup (80 ml) sugar
- • 1 egg
- • 1 tsp (5 ml). vanilla
- • 1/2 pkg. of 12 oz (336 grm). bag miniature chocolate chips.
- • Icing:
- • 1 12 oz (336 grm). bag chocolate chips
- • 3/4 cup (175 ml) sour cream
Instructions
- Cake:
- Mix cake according to directions only adding 1 additional egg.
- Pour into two greased and floured cake pans.
- Mix the cream cheese, egg, sugar, and vanilla together until smooth and then add chips and cherries.
- Drop in tspfuls across the cake batter distributing evenly--DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SMOOTH.
- Bake until set about 40 min or until cake tester comes out clean.
- Cool and frost.
- Icing:
- Melt chocolate chips in microwave just until melted according to package directions.
- Stir until smooth.
- Add sour cream and mix well.
- Mixture will have chemical reaction that will cause it to become a beautiful dark color and get very glossy.
- Frost/ice rather quickly as this icing will set up but never loses the wonderful smooth texture.
