Chocolate Cherry Bread is a moist delicious dessert bread studded with fresh dark cherries and chocolate. This very bread is very easy to make and is so delicious with a cup of coffee. As many of you know I love baking with sourdough! This recipe uses one cup of sourdough starter which helps give it a wonderful texture.

I used unfed sourdough starter, cocoa powder, and sprouted wheat flour in this bread for a taste just like an unhealthy sugar laden one. The cherries add just the perfect moisture, too.

Washington State Black Cherries are a sweet cherry which our family loves. If you were to use a tart cherry you will need more sweetener. Just a sprinkle of sugar-free chocolate chips over the top of this bread give it a finishing touch.

There are many kinds of sugar-free chocolate chips available now compared to a few years ago. Lily’s and ChocZero are two of my favorite kinds. By just using 2 tablespoon of chocolate chips on this bread it is still a carb or THM E source.

Chocolate Cherry Bread, THM E, Sf

• Dry ingredients:
• 2/3 cup sprouted wheat flour
• 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 cup Gentle Sweet
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 2/3 cup pitted and diced black cherries
• Wet ingredients:
• 1 cup unfed sourdough starter
• 4 egg whites
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup hot brewed coffee
• 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 2 tablespoons melted butter
• 2 tablespoons sugar-free chocolate chips
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine dry ingredients in a bowl. Set aside. In a separate bowl blend together starter, egg whites, vanilla, coffee, applesauce and butter. Fold wet ingredients into dry ingredients just until combined. Grease and line a 9 x 5 bread pan with parchment paper. Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Sprinkle with chocolate chips. Bake for 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cakes comes out clean. Remove from oven. Allow bread to cool for 10 minutes. Remove from pan. Cool completely. 12 servings.

I blend all the wet ingredients together with my immersion blender. That makes it easy to mix the batter together.

I whisk my dry ingredients together so that that when I combine the wet/dry I do not have to mix really long to get everything well blended. I used my own Brown Sugar Sweetener Substitute in this bread. It gives it a great flavor.

I have found through trial and error that parchment paper and Pam Spray are baker’s friends. Parchment paper helps with an easy release when removing the bread. I use parchment paper in al my bread pans when I am baking for our bakery.

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You just cant go wrong with King Arthur Flours. They are the best of any I have found.

I used this brand of cocoa powder and was quite delighted with the results.

I often buy large bottles of Mexican Vanilla. I really like the flavor of it.

Below are two of my favorite kinds of chocolate chips. Both of these have a very good flavor.

I love my Kitchen Aid Hand Blender. They are so hand y to use and mine gets used every day.

This parchment paper is a bakers best friend. I use it all the time.

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Gentle Sweet is one of the best sweetener to get your family off sugar. It has a great flavor without any after taste. The Baking Blend is a great blend that is lighter in calories that using all almond flour. I often use part Baking Blend and almond flour in recipes.

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Chocolate Cherry Sourdough Bread THM E, SF

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Prep Time 30 minutes

Cook Time 45 minutes

Servings 12

Author Glenda Groff

Ingredients

• Dry ingredients:
• 2/3 cup sprouted flour
• 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 cup Gentle Sweet
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 2/3 cup pitted and diced black cherries
• Wet ingredients:
• 1 cup unfed starter
• 4 egg whites
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup hot brewed coffee
• 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 2 tablespoons melted butter
• 2 tablespoons sugar-free chocolate chips

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine dry ingredients in a bowl. Set aside. In a separate bowl blend together starter, egg whites, vanilla, coffee, applesauce and butter. Fold wet ingredients into dry ingredients just until combined. Grease and line a 9 x 5 baking pan with parchment paper. Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Sprinkle with chocolate chips. Bake for 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cakes comes out clean. Remove from oven. Allow bread to cool for 10 minutes. Remove from pan. Cool completely. 12 servings.

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