Chocolate Covered Cherry Cake by Bird On A Cake

INGREDIENTS

1/2 cup

unsalted butter (softened)

1 1/2 cups

sugar

egg whites

2 cups

flour

1 tsp

salt

1 tbsp

baking powder

1 cup

sour cream

1 tsp

cherry extract

10 oz

bottle of maraschino cherries - reserve the juice and cut the cherries in eighths

2 tbsp

flour for sprinkling over diced cherries

1 12 ounce package

mini semi-sweet chocolate chips

1/2 cup

whipping cream

6 tbsp

unsalted butter (softened)