My grandmother always made this creamy cake for Christmas morning. It's so pretty and tastes wonderful! Now that Nana is gone, I'm continuing the tradition.
Ingredients
- all-purpose flour: 2 cups
- baking powder: 3 tsp
- salt: 0.5 tsp
- butter: 1 cup
- cream cheese: 1 pack (8 ounce pack)
- ½ cups white sugar: 1 piece
- eggs: 4 piece
- vanilla extract: 1 tsp
- almond extract: 1 tsp
- maraschino cherries, drained and: 1 cup (halved)
- all-purpose flour: 0.25 cup
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Stages of cooking
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Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour an 8 inch tube pan. Mix together the flour, baking powder, and salt; set aside.
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In a large bowl, cream together the butter, cream cheese, and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla and almond extract. Beat in the flour mixture, mixing just until incorporated. Dredge cherries in 1/4 cup flour, then fold into batter. Spread into prepared pan.
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Bake in the preheated oven for 80 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.
