Post by marlaoh on Dec 13, 2002 7:05:03 GMT -6
HOLIDAY GIFT CAKE
1 cup chopped pecans
1 (8 oz.) cream cheese
1 cup margarine
1½ cup sugar
1½ tsp. vanilla
4 eggs
2¼ cup flour
1½ tsp. baking powder
1 (8 oz. ) jar maraschino cherries, drained and chopped
Cream the cheese, sugar and vanilla until fluffy.
Add eggs.
Sift flour with the baking powder.
Add the cherries and ½ cup of the nuts, then fold into the batter.
Grease bundt pan and sprinkle with remaining ½ nuts.
Pour batter into pan and bake 1 hour and 20 minutes at 325º. <br>Cool 5 minutes and remove from pan.
TOPPING:
Mix 1½ cup confectioners sugar with 2 tbps. milk.
Pour over cake and decorate with additional nuts and cherries, if desired.
VARIATIONS;
Pour 2 cups of batter into three 1-pound coffee cans and bake for 60 minutes.
Pour 1 cup batter into five 6 x 3½ inch loft pans and bake 45 to 50 minutes.
1 cup chopped pecans
1 (8 oz.) cream cheese
1 cup margarine
1½ cup sugar
1½ tsp. vanilla
4 eggs
2¼ cup flour
1½ tsp. baking powder
1 (8 oz. ) jar maraschino cherries, drained and chopped
Cream the cheese, sugar and vanilla until fluffy.
Add eggs.
Sift flour with the baking powder.
Add the cherries and ½ cup of the nuts, then fold into the batter.
Grease bundt pan and sprinkle with remaining ½ nuts.
Pour batter into pan and bake 1 hour and 20 minutes at 325º. <br>Cool 5 minutes and remove from pan.
TOPPING:
Mix 1½ cup confectioners sugar with 2 tbps. milk.
Pour over cake and decorate with additional nuts and cherries, if desired.
VARIATIONS;
Pour 2 cups of batter into three 1-pound coffee cans and bake for 60 minutes.
Pour 1 cup batter into five 6 x 3½ inch loft pans and bake 45 to 50 minutes.