• 2 cups sugar
  • 2/3 cup margarine
  • 2 squares unsweetened baking chocolate (melted)
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 1/4 cups flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 cup beer
  • 3/4 cup buttermilk
  • 8 oz maraschino cherries (cut up)
  • 1/4 cup cherry juice
  • 1/2 cup nutmeats

Cream sugar and margarine. Add melted chocolate and eggs and continue beating.  Sift together flour and soda.

Alternately add flour mixture, buttermilk and beer in that order – at least 4 times, always ending up with the beer.  Add the cut up cherries, juice and nuts.

Bake greased 9×13 inch pan at 350 degrees for 40 minutes.