This luscious pound cake has a nutty top crust and is moist and flavorful Makes a great gift You can use halved maraschino cherries instead if you prefer
Prep Time
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Dificult
Medium
Servings
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Ingredients
Instructions
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
Cream the cream cheese
butter or margarine
sugar
and vanilla together until smooth. Beat in eggs one at a time. Sift together 2 1/4 cup flour
baking powder
and salt; fold into cream cheese mixture. Dredge cherries in 1/4 cup flour
and fold into batter.
Sprinkle pecans over the bottom of an ungreased 10 inch angel food tube pan. Bottom should be completely covered. Add a few more pecans if necessary. Spoon batter into pan on top of nuts.
Bake for about 75 minutes
or until an inserted wooden pick comes out clean. Allow cake to cool in pan. Run knife around outside edge and center tube. Ease cake out of pan