It's probably more like this old Hershey's recipe & your Mom just used cold coffee in place of the water. Here is a link that might be useful: Cake

I found it! I thought I'd share CHERRY BREAD PUDDING with Brandied Cherry Compote For the Bread Pudding: 4 Eggs 3/4 cup sugar 2 tsp vanilla pinch of salt 1 tsp cinnamon 3 cups milk 12 slices white bread cut into cubes In a medium bowl, beat eggs,sugar,vanilla,salt, cinnamon, & milk. Add bread cubes to mixture. Let soak for 45 minutes turning occasionally. Pour into a medium size buttered casserole or baking dish. FOR THE CHERRY FILLING 4 cups fresh or frozen cherries(pitted) 1 cup sugar 1 vanilla bean(optional) 1/2 c water 2 T cornstarch mixed with 2 T cold water In a saucepan, combine all ingredients except cornstarch mix. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 15 mins. Remove vanilla bean. Add cornstarch mixture and cook until thickened. Remove from heat. Reserve 2 cups, let cool. FOR THE BRANDIED SAUCE 2 cups reserved cherry filling 1 tsp lemon juice 1/4 cup brandy Mix ingredients together. Serve warm FOR THE CREAM CHEESE TOPPING 8 oz cream cheese at room temp. 1/2 cup sugar 1 egg 1 tsp vanilla Beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Add egg and vanilla. Mix well FOR THE STREUSEL 1/2 c flour 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 tsp cinnamon 1/4 tsp ginger 2 oz butter Combine all ingredients in a bowl. Mix until the consistency of small peas. Reserve TO ASSEMBLE Using a spoon, dot the top of the bread pudding with the cherry compote. Repeat procedure using crean cheese mixture. Sprinkle with streusel. Bake for 30-40 mins. Remove from oven. Let stand 15-20 mins before serving. Can be served warm or cold. Serve with brandied cherry sauce and vanilla ice cream, if desired.

Is this it? I love cranberry in anything, this looks good. Steamed Cranberry Pudding From Diana Rattray INGREDIENTS: 1 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 cup light molasses 1/2 cup hot water 2 cups cranberries 1/2 cup flour Sift 1 cup flour with salt and soda. Combine molasses and hot water; stir into flour mixture. Toss whole cranberries in remaining 1/2 cup flour; stir into batter. Pour into a greased double boiler and steam over very low heat for 3 hours. Serve with dessert sauce, such as Vanilla Sauce or Lemon Sauce. Sauce 1 cup white sugar 1/2 cup butter, softened 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Prepare the sauce by mixing together the sugar, butter and cream. Cook over medium heat until thick, stirring constantly. Add vanilla and pour over individual slices of pudding. If you Google Cranberry Pudding you'll get a lot of hits.

You need to go buy black powder that you can find in stores that sell cake/candy decorating supplies. Its used to color frosting on cakes. Add that to the dark chocolate until you get the color you are looking for. I had to make black roses for a school graduation and that is how I did them. It doesn't change the taste of the chocolate. Use melting wafers like Merckens or Nestles. These come in all different colors and flavors. YOu should be able to get red. If you take white chocolate and add the black it will come out gray. Hope this helps.