Cherry Coffee Cake With Almond Glaze - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup margarine
1 3/4 cups white 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)
Almond Glaze
2 cups icing sugar
3 tablespoons margarine, softened
milk
1/4 teaspoon almond extract
sliced almonds

Preparation

For coffee cake: cream together the margarine and sugar. Add 1 egg at a time to creamed mixture; mix well.
Add remaining cake ingredients except pie filling; mix well.
Spread 2/3 batter in 10x15\" cookie sheet with spatula. Pour pie filling over top and spread evenly over batter.
Drop remaining batter over top; do not spread. Bake at 350F for 45 minutes.
For almond glaze:
Sift icing sugar into mixing bowl; cream together with margarine.
Gradually add milk, a tablespoon at a time until spreading consistency is reached. Add almond extract.
Spread over warm cake. Sprinkle with sliced almonds.