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Leavened with baking soda paired with buttermilk, this bread is easy and quick. This version, packed with dark hocolate and cherries, is an ideal treat for weekend brunch with a little butter or nutella and a cup of freshly brewed tea or coffee. Since we used baking soda as the primary leavener in this recipe, you are going to use natural cocoa powder rather than Dutch-processed which is treated with an alkali. Therefore it lacks the acid needed to activate the baking soda, which can lead to a poorly risen bread. But if you don’t have it, it’s not the end of the world either as the recipe also calls for lots of acidic buttermilk.