Ultimate Chocolate Lovers' Cherry Cake!

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 (18 ounce) box devil's food cake mix
• 1/4 cup cocoa
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 4 tablespoons coconut rum or 2 teaspoons coconut extract
• 1 (21 ounce) can cherry pie filling
• 1 cup chocolate chips
• 1 cup shredded coconut
• 3/4 cup sliced almonds, chopped

Recipe

• 1 sprinkle 1/4c almonds evenly over the bottom of a greased-and-floured 10-inch bundt pan.
• 2 in a large bowl, stir together cake mix,sugar and cocoa.
• 3 add eggs, oil, rum or extract and pie filling. beat until well blended and cherries are chopped up.
• 4 stir in coconut, remaining almonds and chocolate chips.
• 5 pour into prepared pan and bake at 350* for 1 hour or until toothpick comes out clean when tested.
• 6 cool on rack for 10 minutes.
• 7 invert onto rack and cool completely.
• 8 enjoy, koechin/ingrid.