Cherry Nut Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese, softened
1 c. margarine
1 1/2 c. sugar
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
4 eggs
2 1/4 c. sifted cake flour
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
3/4 c. chopped maraschino cherries, drained
1/2 c. chopped pecans
1/2 c. finely chopped pecans
1 1/2 c. sifted powdered sugar
2 Tbsp. milk

Preparation

Combine cream cheese, margarine, sugar and vanilla, mixing at medium speed on electric mixer until well blended.
Add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each.
Sift together 2 cups flour and baking powder.
Gradually add to cream cheese mixture; mix well. Toss remaining flour with cherries and pecans.
Fold into batter. Grease 10-inch tube or fluted tube pan or 9-inch spring-form pan with ring insert.
Sprinkle with finely chopped pecans.
Pour batter into pan.
Bake at 325\u00b0 for 1 hour and 10 minutes.
Cool 5 minutes.
Remove from pan.
Cool.
Glaze with combined powdered sugar and milk.
Garnish with additional pecan halves and maraschino cherry halves, if desired.