Cherry Pound Cake

Submitted by MarieRynr

"This is the BEST cherry pound cake! I have been making this delicious and moist pound cake for years. I have used glace cherries, maraschino cherries and canned bing cherries. It works great with all of them. I have never done it with all of them together though...."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 15mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Yields: 1 cake

ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
• 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons vanilla
• 4 eggs
• 2 cups flour
• 1⁄2 cup flour
• 1 cup cherries, drained
• 3 tablespoons baking powder
• 1⁄2 cup chopped nuts

directions

1. Grease and flour an 8 inch tube pan. Mix 1/4 cup of flour with the cherries.
2. Cream together the butter, sugar, cream cheese and vanilla. Add eggs, beating in one at a time. Beat well.
3. Sift together flour and baking powder. Gradually add to creamed mixture. Fold in cherries.
4. Sprinkle nuts in prepared pan. Spread batter over. Bake in a preheated 325*F oven for 1 hour and 20 minutes. Let Cool 5 minutes before removing from pan. I have also baked this in two loaf pans with great success! (A shorter baking time is needed of course in that case!).

Reviews

[hdmcdenise]

This was very dry for a pound cake. I was shocked to put 3 T of baking powder. Taste was OK but I made this to take to work and share and chose not to do so.

 

[Jo_C.]

I made this cake as described, using maraschino cherries and almonds. I baked it in a 24cm (9 inch) tube pan and it overflowed in the oven a bit, so I'd recommend a larger tin. I should also have tested it earlier because by 1hr 20min it was overcooked. Other than that, it's not bad, so I'll have another try one day.