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Indulgent Chocolate-Cherry Quick Bread

Stephanie Wise
Created January 10, 2017
Bring baking with Bisquick® to the next level with this ultra-decadent chocolate cherry quick bread.
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Sometimes when I’m looking to wow crowd with an impressively indulgent dessert or breakfast, I choose to whip up a rich and ultra-decadent quick bread.

This Indulgent Chocolate-Cherry Quick Bread is the latest example of a decadent treat to come out of my kitchen. Let me tell you, a rich and chocolaty Bisquick bread batter, mixed with roasted cherries and cream cheese, then topped with a chocolate oat streusel, is a whole lot of goodness in one bread.

To get started, gather your ingredients for the bread. You’ll want to make sure you roast the cherries ahead of time so they’re fully cooled before you add them to the bread. This process is simple: Just toss cherries in sugar and bake them in the oven for a few minutes until they burst. Let them cool, then add them to the bread.

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Stir all the ingredients for the bread in a bowl, then fold in the roasted cherries.

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In a small bowl, make the oat streusel. I added a bit of cocoa powder to the streusel for extra chocolate flavor.

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Pour the batter into a loaf pan, then top evenly with the streusel. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of the bread comes out clean, about 1 hour.

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Cool the bread in the pan for a few minutes, then carefully remove it and transfer it to a cooling rack to cool completely. Sprinkle the loaf with powdered sugar, if you want, just before serving. One bite and you’ll love this over-the-top treat!

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Ingredients

  • Bread
    • 2 1/3cups Original Bisquick™ mix
    • 1/2cup unsweetened baking cocoa
    • 3/4cup granulated sugar
    • 1/4cup vegetable oil
    • 1/4cup milk
    • 3eggs
    • 1/2cup cream cheese, softened
    • 1cup roasted cherries*
    • Powdered sugar, if desired
  • Streusel
    • 1/4cup Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
    • 1/4cup old-fashioned oats
    • 2tablespoons packed light brown sugar
    • 2teaspoons unsweetened baking cocoa
    • 2tablespoons cold unsalted butter

Directions

  • 1Heat oven to 375°F (350°F for dark or nonstick pan). Lightly grease bottom only of 9x5-inch loaf pan.
  • 2In large bowl, beat Bisquick mix and 1/2 cup baking cocoa with whisk. Add granulated sugar, oil, milk and eggs; stir to combine. Stir in cream cheese; fold in roasted cherries. Spread batter evenly in pan.
  • 3To make Streusel: In small bowl, mix flour, oats, brown sugar and 2 teaspoons unsweetened cocoa. Cut in butter until mixture looks like coarse crumbs. Sprinkle streusel over top of batter in pan.
  • 4Bake 45 to 60 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center of loaf comes out clean. Cool 15 minutes in pan. Carefully loosen bread from edges of the pan with knife, then remove from pan to cooling rack to cool completely.
  • 5Sprinkle top of cooled bread with powdered sugar.
  • 6*To roast cherries: Toss fresh or frozen (thawed) dark sweet cherries in ungreased shallow baking dish with 1 teaspoon sugar. Bake at 450°F about 10 minutes or just until cherries burst. Transfer cherries to bowl, and freeze 10 minutes to cool before folding in to batter.

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