Vegan Cherry Chocolate Cake

INGREDIENTS

• 1 1/2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
• 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 scant cup raw (turbinado) sugar
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1 cup coffee (I mixed one packet of Starbucks VIA instant coffee with cold filtered water, you could also just use 1 cup of cold water)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 2 tablespoons cider vinegar
• 1 1/4 pound dark cherries (roughly enough cherries to cover the bottom of your cake pan)