Christmas Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese
4 eggs
1/2 c. pecans, chopped fine
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
whole red cherries
1 1/2 c. white sugar
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 c. butter or oleo
2 1/2 c. cake flour, sifted
whole pecan halves

Preparation

Blend the softened cream cheese, oleo, sugar and vanilla; add eggs 1 at a time, beating thoroughly after each one.
Add 2 cups flour with baking powder added.
Combine cherries and nuts with 1/4 cup flour and fold into batter.
Grease a tube pan; sprinkle the finely chopped nuts and pour in batter.
Bake at 325\u00b0 for 1 hour and 20 minutes.
Cool 5 minutes in pan and remove.