Chocolate Cherry Cake

This weekend I made one of our families favorite desserts.  It is an old standby that is so easy to prepare since it starts with boxed cake mix and a can of cherry pie filling. It reminds me of a very moist black forest cake.    I wanted to post a better picture of this cake, and had planned on taking another photo once it had been sliced.  Unfortunately, once it had been sliced, it was devoured by a house full of hungry teenage boys and was gone as quick as it was made.  I promise that this is one of the easiest and best tasting cakes and your family and friends will think you are a culinary genius.

Chocolate Cherry Cake

Cake:

1 box Devils Food Cake

1 can cherry pie filling ( I have used both the larger and medium sized cans and it did not seem to make a difference in the texture.)

2 eggs

1t. almond flavoring

Frosting:

1 c. granulated sugar

5 T. butter

1/3 c. milk

6 oz package of semisweet chocolate chips

Mix cake mix, cherry pie filling, eggs and extract by hand.  Pour the batter into a sprayed 9x13 baking dis and bake at 350* for about 30 minutes or until a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean.  

For the frosting, place the sugar, butter and milk in a saucepan and bring to a boil stirring constantly.  Boil for one minute.  Remove from the heat and stir in the chocolate chips until smooth.  Pour the frosting over the warm cake.