One Pan Chocolate-Cherry Cake

1 1/2 cups flour
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup baking cocoa
1 tsp. baking soda
1/8 teaspoon salt
10 oz. jar maraschino cherries
1/3 cup oil
1/4 cup water
1 tbs. cider vinegar
1 tsp. vanilla

Drain the cherries, reserving the juice; chop coarsely.

Mix the dry ingredients thoroughly in an ungreased 8" or 9" square pan. Add the "wet" ingredients (cherry juice, oil, water, vinegar, vanilla, and chopped cherries) and thoroughly blend again, scraping sides, corners, and bottom of pan well.

Bake 30 minutes in preheated 350� oven until wooden pick comes out clean. Cool in the pan.

AUTHOR: Jerseygirl