Holiday Gift Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese (room temp)
1 cup butter (room temp)
1 1/2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
2 1/4 cups flour
2 (10 ounce) jars maraschino cherries (rinsed and drained)
1 1/2 cups chopped walnuts
11 1/2 ounces milk chocolate chips

Preparation

Mix all ingredients in one large mixing bowl:.
- Combine the cream cheese and butter until smooth.
- Add the sugar, cream well.
- Add eggs and vanilla, cream well.
- Blend in flour and baking powder, mix until smooth.
- Fold in cherries,nuts and chocolate chips.
- Spray 3 - 1 lb. tin loaf pans with Pam.
- Pour the mixture into 3 - 1lb. tin loaf pans approximately 2/3 full.
- Bake at 325 degrees for 50 minutes or until golden brown.