Walnut Cherry Cake- Impressive! - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup walnuts
1 -18 ounce white cake mix
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
6 drops red food coloring
8 ounces Cool Whip, thawed
1 (21 ounce) can cherry pie filling

Preparation

Coarsely chop 1/4 cup of the walnuts and set aside. Chop remaining 3/4 cup of walnuts medium-fine.
As package directs, prepare white cake mix, adding vanilla and the 3/4 cup of walnuts. Bake in two 9-inch layer pans. Cool for 10 minutes and then invent onto wire racks til cooled.
Fold the food coloring into the Cool Whip. Spread a 1 inch wide ring of topping onto outer edge of each cake layer. Spoon pie filling in center of each layer, using half of pie filling for each layer.
Place one layer on a serving plate, top with second layer of cake. Spread remaining topping on sides of cake. Sprinkle reserved 1/4 cup coarsely chopped walnuts on top of cake. Chill.