Chocolate Cherry Nut Holiday Glazed Loaf Cake

• 1 pillsbury date bread mix
• 1 cup pecans, course chop
• 1 (10 ounce) jar maraschino cherries, drained, cut in half
• 34 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
• 34 cup water
• 14 cup kirsch (Cherry flavored) or 2 teaspoons almond extract plus 1/4 cup water
• 1 tablespoon cooking oil
• 1 egg
• 14 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
• 2 teaspoons cooking oil
• 2 teaspoons Karo syrup (clear)

1. Heat oven to 350.
2. Grease and flour bottom of 8x4 or 9x5 loaf pan.
3. In large bowl combine liquid ingredients, chocolate chips, pecans, cherries, and bread mix from box .
4. Stir by hand until mixture is moist, and no dry ingredients remain.
5. Pour into prepared pan.
6. Bake for 65 to 80 minutes for 8x4 pan, 60 to 70 minutes for 9x5 pan or until toothpick inserted in is clean.
7. Cool on wire wrack for 15 minutes.
8. Remove from pan.
9. Cool completely.
10. Glaze:.
11. In small saucepan over low heat, melt chocolate chips, oil and Karo Syrup, stirring until smooth.
12. Drizzle and frost fruitcake.
13. Allow glaze to set in refrigerator.

bread mix, pecans, maraschino cherries, chocolate chips, water, almond, cooking oil, egg, chocolate chips, cooking oil, syrup

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/chocolate-cherry-nut-holiday-glazed-loaf-cake-396388 (may not work)