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Ingredients:
1 chocolate cake mix; prepared as directed
1 can cherry pie filling
3 T. sugar
1 brick cream cheese (8 oz.)
1 t. vanilla
Pour prepared cake batter onto a pie tin in a 10" Dutch oven. Spoon cherry pie filling over cake batter. In a small mixing bowl cream together cream cheese, sugar and vanilla until smooth and drop on top.
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Replace lid. Bake with 8 briquettes under the oven and 12 briquettes on the lid for about 50 minutes or until cake is springy and done.
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And like magic, the goodies you put on top of the cake, magically become a part of the centre of the cake. Magic.
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