Holiday Gift Cake

Submitted by Lorraine3

"Haven't tried yet. Got this on the website, "www.baking911.com""

 

• Ready In: 1hr 20mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Yields: 1 cake

ingredients

• 1 cup margarine or 1 cup butter
• 8 ounces package cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1⁄2 cup chopped pecans
• 4 eggs
• 2 1⁄4 cups sifted flour
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
• 10 ounces jar maraschino cherries, drained and quartered

directions

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
2. Thoroughly blend cream cheese, margarine, sugar and vanilla. Add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
3. Gradually add 2 cups of the sifted flour and baking powder to cream cheese mixture.
4. Add the remaining flour, cherries and nuts.
5. Pour batter into a greased and floured bundt pan. Put in preheated oven for 1 hour and 20 minutes or until tested done.
6. Cool 5 minutes; remove from pan. Ice as desired.