Filled cherry cake

1 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
1cupButter
1cupSugar
2largesEggs, Well Beaten
2cupsAll-Purpose Flour
3teaspoonsBaking Powder
½teaspoonSalt
1canCherry Pie Filling
¼cupSugar
¼cupFlour
2tablespoonsButter
½cupWalnuts or Pecans, Chopped

Directions

CAKE

STREUSEL TOPPING

With an electric mixer, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and mix. Add flour, baking powder, and salt. Mix well, until creamed. Spread a liberal amount of the dough into a greased 15X11-inch pan. Cover with cherry pie filling. Scatter remaining dough by teasponful over filling.

FOR STREUSEL TOPPING: In small bowl, mix sugar and flour. Cut in butter with a pastry blender until crumbly. Stir in nuts. Sprinkle streusel topping over cake and bake at 350 degrees for one hour.

NOTES : Comment from Flo: The time sounds awfully long, but I have tasted this and it is yummy. Published in January/February '97 Tastes of Oklahoma column which is written by Flo Burtnett. Vol. LXXVIII, No ½, Farm News & Views, Oklahoma Farmers Union.

Recipe by: Kathryn Naffziger, Okeene, OK Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #597 by Carole Jarvis <jarvis@...> on May 03, 1997