Cherry Pound Cake With Cherry Nut Frosting
- Ready In:
- 2hrs
- Ingredients:
- 17
- Serves:
-
12
ingredients
- 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine
- 1⁄2 cup Crisco
- 3 cups sugar
- 6 large eggs
- 3⁄4 cup milk
- 1⁄4 cup maraschino cherry juice, reserving remaining juice for frosting
- 3 3⁄4 cups flour, sifted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 0.5 (10 ounce) bottle maraschino cherries, drained
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FROSTING
- 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- 1⁄4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine
- 1 (1 lb) box confectioners' sugar
- 1⁄2 cup coconut (grated, flaked, or shredded, opt)
- 1⁄2 cup chopped nuts (most use pecans)
- 1⁄2 - 3⁄4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 0.5 (10 ounce) bottle maraschino cherries, drained
- remaining cherry juice
directions
- Cream butter, crisco, and sugar; add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Add flour alternatively with milk & cherry juice; add vanilla.
- Chop cherries and add to batter.
- Bake in greased and floured 10" tube pan at 300 degrees for 1 1/2 hours.
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FROSTING:
- Cream together cream cheese and butter.
- Add remaining ingredients and enough cherry juice to make icing smooth and spreading consistency.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Impera_Magna
United States
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