1 1/4 c  Sugar
     1 c  Flour
     3 tb Cocoa, unsweetened
     2 ts Baking powder
   1/4 ts Salt
   1/3 c  Butter, melted
 1 1/2 ts Vanilla
   1/2 c  Packed brown sugar
   1/4 c  Cocoa, unsweetened
 1 1/4 c  Hot water
   1/4 c  Kirsch or 2 tb. water plus
          1/2 ts almond or rum extract
     1    Can cherry pie filling
 Preheat oven to 350.  In a medium-size bowl, combine 3/4 cup of the
 sugar, flour, three tablespoons of the cocoa, baking powder and salt.
 Blend in milk, melted butter and vanilla; beat until smooth. Spread
 into an
       8    inch square pan. In a small bowl, combine remaining 1/2 cup
 sugar, brown sugar and remaining 1/4 cup cocoa; sprinkle mixture
 evenly over batter. Combine hot water and kirsch; pour over batter.
 Do not stir. Bake for 40 minutes, or until center is almost set. Let
 stand 15 minutes. Transfer to dessert dishes and spoon pudding from
 bottom of pan over cake. Serve with cherry pie filling as sauce.
 (great without the cherry pie filling, and/or with whipped cream.)
                
                 Yields       
                8 Servings                
