Cherry Coffee Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 5 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 cups flour
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 (12 ounce) can evaporated milk
• 1 cup nuts, chopped (pecans or walnuts)
• 1 (6 ounce) bottle red maraschino cherries

Recipe

• 1 drain cherries- then cut in half and spread on paper towels to dry further.
• 2 cream butter and sugar - add eggs - mix well.
• 3 add flavorings.
• 4 sift or stir dry ingredients minus 1 tbsp flour (reserve that).
• 5 add to butter sugar egg mixture alternately with evaporated milk, beating thoroughly after each addition.
• 6 adding in 1/3 at a time works well- make sure to end with milk.
• 7 dust reserved flour over cherries and nuts, it keeps them from all sinking to the bottom of the cake.
• 8 gently fold cherries and nuts into batter.
• 9 turn batter into well greased and floured 10 inch tube pan or bundt pan.
• 10 bake at 350' f for 65-70 minutes.
• 11 invert onto wire rack to cool.
• 12 dust with powdered sugar.
• 13 yield: 12 servings.
• 14 prep time: 20 minutes.
• 15 enjoy!