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July 14, 2012 By Emily 16 Comments

Chocolate Cherry Loaf

Filed Under: bread, breakfast Tagged With: cherry, chocolate, chocolate chips

Bursting with fresh cherries and miniature chocolate chips, this chocolate cherry loaf is a sweet way to start your day.
I absolutely love that cherries are in season right now – this is one of my favorite times of the year, I can’t seem to get enough of their fresh, sweet taste. Just yesterday I was thinking we needed some bread for breakfast and I immediately decided to include some cherries. What better pair for cherry than chocolate?
Since my go to breakfast bread is banana, I wasn’t quite sure how much of everything to include, so I consulted my trusty 1,000 Lowfat Recipes book for guidelines. The closest thing to what I was going for was an Orange Cranberry Bread, so I scanned the ingredients, opened my fridge and adjusted accordingly. I set out to create a new family favorite and the result was moist, sweet and bursting with fresh cherry flavor. An added bonus is that it was an instant hit, even with my daughter. Morning, Noon or night, this bread makes a great breakfast or snack. This treat is a nice change from the regular; I hope you’ll enjoy, happy baking!
Bursting with fresh cherries and miniature chocolate chips, this chocolate cherry loaf is a sweet way to start your day.
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Chocolate Cherry Loaf

Author Emily

Yield 8 mini loaves

Ingredients

  • 2 eggs, extra large
  • 3/4 c brown sugar, packed
  • 1/2 c milk
  • 1/4 c unsweetened applesauce
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 c whole wheat flour
  • 1 c unbleached all purpose flour
  • 1/4 c granulated sugar
  • 1 Tbs flaxseed meal
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 c fresh cherries, pitted & chopped
  • 1/3 c mini chocolate chips

Instructions

  1. Preheat your oven to 375º and prepare an 8 well mini loaf pan with baking spray (you can substitute a 9x4 loaf pan if necessary).
  2. In a large bowl beat together the eggs, brown sugar, milk, applesauce and vanilla.
  3. In a medium bowl whisk together the flours, sugar, flax meal baking powder and salt, incorporate the dry mixture into the wet until moist.
  4. Stir in the cherries and chocolate chips until combined, spoon the batter into the pan and bake for 18-20 minutes; until golden.
  5. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes, remove to a wire rack and finish cooling.

Notes

Recipe adapted from Orange Cranberry Bread by Terry Blonder Golson

Courses bread, breakfast

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Comments

  1. Medeja says

    July 15, 2012 at 9:20 am

    They look so festive and so cute!

    Reply
    • Emily Dicks says

      July 15, 2012 at 12:42 pm

      Thanks Medeja – they were so good, we’ve already finished them off!

      Reply
  2. Maria says

    July 15, 2012 at 10:09 pm

    These look delicious and so cute!!!! What a great blog you have, I’m your newest follower! :o)

    Reply
    • Emily Dicks says

      July 16, 2012 at 12:12 am

      Thank you so much, Maria you made my day 🙂

      Reply
  3. Me And My Sweets says

    July 16, 2012 at 4:13 pm

    Hi there, I’m hosting My Sweet party and I would love you to join! Check it out at http://meandmysweets.blogspot.se/2012/07/my-sweet-party-july-my-favourite-pie.html

    Cheers!

    Reply
  4. Tiffany- DontWastetheCrumbs says

    July 16, 2012 at 9:23 pm

    Visiting from The Southern Institute… delicious! I’ve done banana chocolate chip but hadn’t thought of cherries before. What’s even better is that I buy combo dried mango/cherry throughout the year, but the kids always prefer the mango leaving a bunch of dried cherries. I know your recipe calls for fresh, but this could be a super easy substitution without leaving the house! Thanks!

    Reply
  5. Tanya-Lemonsforlulu.com says

    July 18, 2012 at 1:09 pm

    Perfectly gorgeous!!! I’d be snacking on these little beauties all day!

    Reply
  6. Christine says

    July 18, 2012 at 7:28 pm

    That’s looks amazing!! LOVE the way you wrapped it!!

    Thanks for sharing this at The DIY Dreamer.. From Dream To Reality!

    Reply
  7. Michelle says

    July 19, 2012 at 4:28 pm

    Chocolate and cherries are always a winning combination in my eye! Love the sound of these sweet treats (and adore the photography on this too!)

    Would love to invite you to my weekly link party over at The Purple Pumpkin Blog 🙂 Hope to see you there!

    Reply
  8. Michelle says

    July 24, 2012 at 2:07 pm

    Thanks for posting this at The Purple Pumpkin Blog Love the look of these so much – very cute!

    Look forward to seeing you again soon 🙂

    Reply
  9. Becca Acker says

    November 27, 2012 at 11:37 pm

    Yummy! This would be good! I must pin. 🙂

    ahumblebumble.blogspot.com

    Reply
  10. Angela Paris says

    January 3, 2013 at 2:29 pm

    I’m having so much fun checking out all your recipes – you have such delicious looking stuff!! I pinned this one for later. I love your blog name, BTW 🙂

    Reply
  11. xtraleo says

    March 8, 2013 at 1:40 am

    Not only does this look beautiful, but delicious as well. My daughter would lose it over this! Happy, happy SITS Day. Andrea @ be-quoted.com

    Reply
  12. sandra c says

    March 14, 2013 at 8:46 am

    This looks amazing! Where did you buy that awesome pan? I love it!
    FrozenFairytale

    Reply
    • Emily Dicks says

      March 14, 2013 at 5:57 pm

      I wish I could answer your question Sandra, because I do love this pan, but it was given to me by my mother in law

      Reply

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