Chocolate Cherry Bars

You'd better believe this will be making an appearance in the coming month. In my family at least, June is THE month to be born. Heck, don't limit it to family and I swear I know of someone celebrating every other day.

My mom has been making this super easy chocolate cherry cake as long as I can remember. It was automatically on my dad's birthday menu year after year. I will often keep a can of cherry pie filling and chocolate cake mix in the pantry so it won't require a trip to the store and dessert can be thrown together quickly. Best part is that it won't taste like it.

HEAVEN comes in a 9x13 pan.

And if you are a chocolate frosting fan, you're in luck. It's super fudgy in a Texas Sheet Cake kind of way, and there are no cake decorating skills required.

I guarantee all your June babies will be pleased.

 

Chocolate Cherry Bars

 

Author: Erin (adapted from a Pillsbury recipe)

Prep time: 15 mins

Cook time: 35 mins

Total time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Cake


• 1 box of chocolate cake mix


• 1 can cherry pie filling (21 oz.)


• 1 tsp. vanilla extract


• 3 eggs, lightly beaten


• Frosting


• 1 c. sugar


• 1/3 c. milk


• 5 tsp. butter


• 1 c. semisweet chocolate chips (one 6 oz. package)

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350. Grease or spray a 9x13 pan.


2. Mix together all cake ingredients until well blended, and pour into prepared pan.


3. Bake 25-35 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean.


4. In a saucepan, combine sugar, milk and butter.


5. Bring to a boil and cook for 1 minute, stirring constantly.


6. Remove from pan from heat and stir in chocolate chips until smooth.


7. Pour frosting over warm bars, and spread to edges.


8. Allow to cool completely and cut into bars.

 

Notes

I have had good results with any kind of devil's food or fudge cake mix. You can definitely mix this cake by hand. A mixer works fine too but tends to crush the cherries, so they might not be as obvious in the finished product.

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