Choco-Cherry Cake

Stir butter to soften. Gradually add sugar, creaming until light and fluffy. Add egg, beat well; stir in chocolate. Sift together dry ingredients; then add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture; beat after each addition. Add cherries, syrup and nuts (op). Grease bottom of square baking pan. Pour in batter. Bake in slow oven 350F - 40 min or till cake tests done. Cool. Frost in pan with chocolate frosting if desired. Cut in squares.

NOTE: If baking in a glass dish, bake in slow oven 325F for 50-55 min.