Chocolate-Cherry Kuchen

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup butter
• 3 (1 ounce) squares unsweetened chocolate
• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 3 eggs, beaten
• 1 1/2 cups sifted cake flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 (16 ounce) can pitted sour red cherries
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup whipping cream

Instructions

1. Melt butter and chocolate together over hot water.
2. Add sugar to beaten eggs gradually while beating.
3. Add chocolate mixture to egg mixture; beat hard for 1 minute.
4. Mix and sift flour, baking powder and salt.
5. Drain cherries thoroughly; add to flour mixture, and stir into chocolate-egg mixture. Stir in vanilla extract.
6. Divide batter evenly between 2 greased and floured 9-inch layer cake pans.
7. Bake at 350 degrees F for 35 to 40 minutes.
8. Cool.
9. Whip cream; spread between layers and on top of cake.
10. Chill.