Chocolate Cherry Bread

• 23 cup dried cherries
• 1 cup sugar
• 6 tablespoons butter, softened
• 2 eggs
• 12 cup nonfat sour cream (I used low fat)
• 1 large very ripe banana, mashed
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 12 cups flour
• 6 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 12 teaspoon baking soda
• 14 teaspoon salt
• 12 cup chopped pecans

1. Soak dried cherries in hot water 15 minutes; drain thoroughly.
2. Set aside.
3. Preheat oven to 350 degrees .
4. Beat sugar and butter together in bowl of electric mixer on medium speed until creamy, about 3 min.
5. Add eggs, one at a time; beat until smooth.
6. Beat in sour cream, banana and vanilla extract until well-blended, about 1 min.
7. Mix together flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl; add to banana mixture, beating on low speed until just mixed.
8. Fold in nuts and cherries.
9. Pour batter into greased 9-by-5-inch loaf pan.
10. Bake 1 hour until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
11. Cool in pan 10 minutes.
12. Remove from pan; cool completely on wire rack.

cherries, sugar, butter, eggs, nonfat sour cream, very ripe banana, vanilla, flour, unsweetened cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, salt, pecans

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/chocolate-cherry-bread-80030 (may not work)