Cherry Garcia Cake (Ben & Jerry’s Week!!)

INGREDIENTS

Cake:

2 cups

white sugar

1 3/4 cups

all purpose flour

1 cup

unsweetened, Dutch process cocoa powder (I used Hershey Special Dark)

1 1/2 tsp

baking powder

1 1/2 tsp

baking soda

1 tsp

salt

eggs

1 cup

milk

1/2 cup

vegetable oil

2 tsp

vanilla extract

3/4 cup

boiling water

Frosting:

3 sticks

salted butter, slightly softened

10 oz

jar maraschino cherries -- juice drained and reserved and cherries chopped and set aside

6 cups

powdered sugar

2 oz

semisweet chocolate, chopped into small chunks

Ganache:

2 oz

semi sweet chocolate, chopped into small chunks

1/4 cup

heavy cream

1 tbsp

light corn syrup (or honey)