Buttermilk Chocolate Bread

Yields:	1 loaf
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	Preparation	15 minutes
	Cooking	50 minutes
	Ready In	1 hours

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Ingredients

1/2	cup	butter	softened
1	cup	sugar
2	large	eggs
1/2	cup	buttermilk
1	teaspoon	vanilla extract
1/2	cup	chocolate chips (semi-sweet)	melted
2 1/4	cups	flour, all-purpose
1	teaspoon	baking powder
1	teaspoon	baking soda
1	pinch	salt
1	cup	pecans	chopped
1/2	cup	glace cherries	chopped

Glaze
1 1/2	tablespoons	cream
2	tablespoons	glace cherries	chopped
3/4	cup	powdered sugar	sifted

Directions

Beat together first 5 ingredients until blended.

Beat in melted chocolate.

Combine and add next 4 ingredients and stir until dry ingredients are just moistened.

Do not overmix. Stir in pecans and cherries. Divide batter between 3 greased and lightly floured mini-loaf foil pans, place pans on a cookie sheet, and bake in a 325 degrees F. oven for 45-50 minutes, or until a cake tester, inserted in center, comes out clean.

Allow to cool for 15 minutes and then remove from pans and continue cooling on a rack.

When cool, drizzle tops with Creamy Cherry Glaze.