"Cream Cheese Pound Cake with Cherries & Orange - moist & beautifully flavoured with orange zest & sweet maraschino cherries. Freeze it for a Christmas Cake...."
INGREDIENTS
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1 ½ cups sugar
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1 cup cream cheese (8 oz)
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1 cup butter
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2 tsp vanilla extract
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½ tsp almond extract (optional)
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4 eggs
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zest of 2 large oranges (finely minced)
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2 1/2 cups flour (reserve ¼ cup to dust the cherries at the end)
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1 ½ tsp baking powder
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3 cups well drained maraschino cherries (chopped in half)