Black Forest Cherry Cake

2 ¼ cups flour

1 2/3 cups sugar

2/3 cups cocoa

1 ¼ tsp. Baking soda

1 tsp. Salt

¼ tsp. Baking powder

1 ¼ cups water

¾ cups shortening

2 eggs

1 tsp. Vanilla

Cherry pie filling (one can)

1 bar sweet cooking chocolate (I use a hershey's bar)

2 cups chilled whipping cream

¼ cups sugar

maraschino cherries

Heat oven to 350. Grease and flour two 9 or three 8 inch round layer pans. Beat first set of ingredients (down through vanilla) at low speed scraping constantly for 30 seconds then on high scraping occasionally for 3 minutes. Pour into pans and bake for 30 to 35 minutes or till done. Cool 5 minutes in pan and then remove from pan and cool on rack.

Beat whipping cream and ¼ cup sugar till stiff peaks form. Assemble cake, topping each layer with cherry filling and then whip cream. Finish covering completed cake and then decorate with shaved chocolate and maraschino cherries.