Name: Holiday Pound Cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 1 cup butter, softened -; 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened -; 1-1/2 cups sugar -; 4 large 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 -

Recipe information

Cooking:

15 min.

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Ingredients for - Holiday Pound Cake

1. 1 cup butter, softened -

2. 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened -

3. 1-1/2 cups sugar -

4. 4 large eggs -

5. 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract -

6. 2-1/4 cups cake flour -

7. 1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder -

8. 1/2 teaspoon salt -

9. 3/4 cup well-drained maraschino cherries -

10. 1 cup chopped pecans, divided -

11. 1-1/2 cups confectioners' sugar -

12. 2 to 3 tablespoons milk -

13. Additional cherries and pecans for garnish, optional -

How to cook deliciously - Holiday Pound Cake

1. Stage

In a large 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.