Holiday Pound Cake
Grandma's Great Desserts Cookbook
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SERVINGS: 12-16
CATEGORY: Dessert
METHOD: Baked
TIME: Prep: 15 min. Bake: 70 min. + cooling
Ingredients:
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
- 1-1/2 cups sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2-1/4 cups cake flour
- 1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup well-drained maraschino cherries
- 1 cup chopped pecans, divided
- 1-1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 2 to 3 tablespoons milk
- Additional cherries and pecans for garnish, optional
Directions:
In a large mixing bowl, cream butter, cream cheese and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla. Sift flour together with baking powder and salt; stir into creamed mixture. Fold in cherries and 1/2 cup nuts. Sprinkle remaining nuts into a greased 10-in. fluted tube pan. Pour batter into pan. Bake at 325° for about 70 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool cake in pan 5 minutes on wire rack before removing from pan. Cool thoroughly. Make a glaze with confectioners' sugar and milk; drizzle over cake. Garnish top with cherries and pecans if desired. Yield: 12-16 servings.