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Cherry Pound Cake With Cherry Nut Frosting

Cherry Pound Cake With Cherry Nut Frosting Recipe

Unbelieveably rich and moist; a must for those of us who love cherries. My SIL, who makes it for her husband's birthday every year, shared the recipe with me.
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Prep Time 30 mins
Cook Time 1 hr 30 mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Calories 895.4 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine
  • 1/2 cup Crisco
  • 3 cups sugar
  • 6 large eggs
  • 3/4 cup milk
  • 1/4 cup maraschino cherry juice, reserving remaining juice for frosting
  • 3 3/4 cups flour, sifted
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 0.5 (10 ounce) bottle maraschino cherries, drained

FROSTING

  • 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
  • 1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine
  • 1 (1 lb) box confectioners' sugar
  • 1/2 cup coconut (grated, flaked, or shredded, opt)
  • 1/2 cup chopped nuts (most use pecans)
  • 1/2-3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 0.5 (10 ounce) bottle maraschino cherries, drained
  • remaining cherry juice

Instructions
 

  • Cream butter, crisco, and sugar; add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
  • Add flour alternatively with milk & cherry juice; add vanilla.
  • Chop cherries and add to batter.
  • Bake in greased and floured 10" tube pan at 300 degrees for 1 1/2 hours.
  • FROSTING:
  • Cream together cream cheese and butter.
  • Add remaining ingredients and enough cherry juice to make icing smooth and spreading consistency.

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Nutrition

Serving: 239gCalories: 895.4kcalCarbohydrates: 131gProtein: 9.6gFat: 38.8gSaturated Fat: 19.7gCholesterol: 153.8mgSodium: 277.1mgFiber: 2.9gSugar: 97.1g
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