Holiday Gift Cake

Ingredients

Cake

• 8 ounces Philadelphia cream cheese
• 1 cup butter
• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 4 eggs
• 2 1/2 cups sifted cake flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 (8 ounce) jar well-drained, chopped maraschino cherries
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup chopped walnuts

Glaze

• 1 1/2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
• 2 tablespoons milk

Instructions

1. Heat oven to 325 degrees F. Grease a Bundt pan.

Cake

1. Blend cream cheese, butter, sugar and vanilla extract. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually add 2 cups of flour, sifted with baking powder.
2. Combine remaining flour with cherries and 1/2 cup nuts; fold into batter. Sprinkle prepared Bundt pan with 1/2 cup nuts. Pour batter into pan. Bake for 1 hour 20 minutes. Cool 5 minutes.
3. Remove from pan.

Glaze

1. Mix confectioners' sugar and milk.