Black Forest Soaked Cherry Dark Chocolate Chunk Bread

dried cherries

plus 2 tablespoons kirsch or rum (optional, you can soak the cherries in any fruity liquid you prefer..it doesn't have to be alcohol)

water

good quality dark cocoa powder (I used Valrhona. You can use a basic supermarket cocoa powder, and it doesn't have to be dark - your call.)

bread flour - if dough is too wet, keep adding flour until you have a soft and slightly tacky dough, but no more than 3.5 cups. Flour absorption depends on a lot of factors, like the weather.

active dry yeast

sugar

teaspoond salt

softened butter

large egg, room temperature

good quality chocolate chunks or disks

cream cheese, softened

large, 3 medium or 4 small vanilla beans, split and scraped *

powdered sugar

About 2 tablespoons heavy cream