Cherry Coffee Cake With Almond Glaze

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup margarine
• 1 3/4 cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 19 ounces cherry pie filling (540 ml)
• 2 cups icing sugar
• 3 tablespoons margarine, softened
• milk
• 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
• sliced almonds

Recipe

• 1 for coffee cake: cream together the margarine and sugar. add 1 egg at a time to creamed mixture; mix well.
• 2 add remaining cake ingredients except pie filling; mix well.
• 3 spread 2/3 batter in 10x15" cookie sheet with spatula. pour pie filling over top and spread evenly over batter.
• 4 drop remaining batter over top; do not spread. bake at 350f for 45 minutes.
• 5 for almond glaze:.
• 6 sift icing sugar into mixing bowl; cream together with margarine.
• 7 gradually add milk, a tablespoon at a time until spreading consistency is reached. add almond extract.
• 8 spread over warm cake. sprinkle with sliced almonds.