| Heat oven to 350 degrees. Coat 3 mini loaf pans with cooking spray. In bowl, whisk cocoa, 1/3 cup sugar and 1/3 cup water until smooth. Set aside. In a bowl, whisk flour and next 3 ingredients. In a bowl, whisk together remaining sugar, eggs, oil and almond. Whisk in sour cream. Stir sour cream mixture into flour mixture until blended. Stir 1 1/2 cups batter into cocoa mixture, along with the cherries, until no white streaks remain. Dollop alternating spoonfuls of batter into pans. Swirl batters together until marbled. Top each loaf with 1 tbs chips. Bake 35 min. or until done. Cool loaves in pans 10 min. then remove from pans to cool completely. Slice and serve. MAKES 3 MINI LOAVES OR 1 STANDARD SIZE LOAF.* Note---Batter may be baked as one standard size loaf, sprinkling the 3 TBSP mini chocolate chips on the one loaf, increase baking time to 50 min. or until done. |
