HOLIDAY CREAM CHEESE CAKE
By
Lori-Jo Wahl
@coolnana
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My mom gave me this recipe many years ago.
Ingredients
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8 ozcream cheese, softened
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1 cbutter, softened
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1 1/2 csugar
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1 1/2 tspvanilla extract
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4eggs
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2 1/4 ccake flour, sifted
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1 1/2 tspbaking powder
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8 ozjar of red marachino cherries, snipped in pieces
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8 ozjar of green marachino cherries, snipped in pieces
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1/2 cwalnuts, chopped
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GLAZE -
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1 1/2 cconfectioners sugar
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2 Tbspmilk
How to Make HOLIDAY CREAM CHEESE CAKE
- Preheat oven: 325 degrees...Grease tube pan; set aside.
- In large bowl: cream together cream cheese, butter, sugar & vanilla. Add eggs; 1 at a time.
Gradually add 2 cups of flour & baking powder. - In smaller bowl: add the remaining 1/4 cup flour, red & green cherries, & nuts; mix together till coated with the flour.
Add this mixture to the creamed mixture until well combined. - Pour in the prepared pan & bake for 1 hour 20 minutes.
Cool about 5 minutes & remove from pan. - GLAZE -
Mix together the confectioners sugar & milk; drizzle over cake.