This cake can serve a crowd at an annual
get-together. It also doubles as a perfect holiday or hostess
gift.
Holiday Gift
Cake
- 1/2 cup finely chopped
Planters Pecans
1 (8-ounce) package Philadelphia Cream Cheese, softened
1 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
4 large eggs
2 1/4 cups sifted cake flour, divided use
1 1/2 teaspoons Calumet Baking Powder
3/4 cup chopped maraschino cherries, well drained
1/2 cup chopped Planters Pecans
1 1/2 cups sifted powdered sugar
2 tablespoons milk
- Preheat oven to 325°F.
Grease 12-cup fluted tube pan or 10-inch tube pan; sprinkle with
1/2 cup finely chopped pecans.
- Beat cream cheese, butter,
granulated sugar and vanilla in large bowl with electric mixer
on medium speed until well blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing
well after each addition; set aside.
- Sift 2 cups of the flour
with the baking powder. Gradually add to cream cheese mixture,
beating well after each addition.
- Toss remaining 1/4 cup
flour with the cherries and 1/2 cup chopped pecans; gently stir
into batter.
- Pour into prepared pan.
- Bake 1 hour and 10 minutes
or until woodenpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool
in pan 5 minutes.
- Loosen cake from side
of pan with spatula or knife; gently remove cake from pan. Cool
completely on wire rack.
- Mix powdered sugar and
milk; drizzle over cake.
Makes 16 servings.
Great Substitute:
Substitute 2 cups all-purpose flour for the cake flour.
Nutrition (per serving): Calories 400, Total
fat 23g, Saturated fat 10g, Cholesterol 100mg, Sodium 200mg,
Carbohydrate 46g, Dietary fiber 1g, Sugars 31g, Protein 5g, Vitamin
A 10%DV, Vitamin C 0%DV, Calcium 6%DV, Iron 10%DV.
Recipe and photograph provided courtesy of Kraft Food,
Inc.
