Holiday Cake

Name: Holiday Cake
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 10-12 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened; 1 1/2 cups sugar; 3/4 cup real butter, softened; 4 eggs; 1 1/2 teaspoons almond extract; 2 1/2 cups flour; 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder; 1 1/2 cups walnuts or 1 1/2 cups almonds, chopped; 1 1/2 cups maraschino cherries

Submitted by Chef mariajane

"This is another recipe for a cake that is wonderful for over the Christmas Season - just delicious."

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Ready In:: 45mins
Ingredients:: 9
Serves:: 10-12

ingredients

1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 ¹⁄₂ cups sugar
³⁄₄ cup real butter, softened
4 eggs
1 ¹⁄₂ teaspoons almond extract
2 ¹⁄₂ cups flour
1 ¹⁄₂ teaspoons baking powder
1 ¹⁄₂ cups walnuts or 1 1/2 cups almonds, chopped
1 ¹⁄₂ cups maraschino cherries

directions

Cream together 1 1/2 sticks butter, sugar, cream cheese, and almond extract. Mix well. Add eggs, one at a time and mix well after each addition. Add baking powder and flour, mixing well.
Drain the cherries and chop in half and set aside 8 halves to decorate the top of the cake.
In a separate bowl, mix a small amount of flour with the cherries and fold into the cake mixture being careful not to crush. Add the nuts,
Pour the entire mixture into a 10-inch bundt pan and bake at 350F for 45 minutes - 1 hour. Take the cake out of the oven and immediately turn upside down on a dish.
After the cake has cooled, glaze the top with a mixture of confectioners sugar and water. Drizzle over the top of the cake allowing it to drip down the sides.
Decorate with cherries and walnuts along the top.

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Chef mariajane

I am a 56 year old Gramma that, for the first time in my life, has purchase myself a computer, and I didn't know what i was missing!! I have a husband tha I adore, and 4 grandchildren that of course surpass all others - lol - I am disabled, and am an at home person, so I have a lot of time on my hands, to play with my recipes, and I am enjoying every bit of it - My husband will eat anything that I cook, so I have carte blanche as far as that goes, so I have a great time trying out new recipes. Paula Deen has published some of my favorite cookbooks, her recipes are easy and quick to do. Her sweets are fantastics, especially her pound cakes, Yummm I guess the dish that I am famous for is my Christmas ham - my family all comes home for Christmas, and if i don't have my ham they are dissapointed, and my grandson wants the pistachio squares!!! so I guess that is the dishes that I'm famous for.

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