Day 16 Recipe – Cherry Drop Cake

 

Ok, for day 16, Rae has given us a great way to start the week off, by feeding our sweet tooth – works for me!!!  The pictures look great and the recipe give options to make it a little different if you so choose..

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CHERRY DROP CAKE

 

You will need:

1 cup butter, softened

1 ½ cup granulated sugar

4 eggs

1 tsp. almond extract

2 cups flour

2 tsp. baking powder

1 can cherry pie filling

 

Directions:

 

Pre-heat oven 350 degrees

 

Cream, softened butter, sugar and eggs

Add extract, flour and baking powder, mix until smooth, batter will be thick

Turn batter out into a 9X13 greased pan, smooth out into pan

Spoon filling by dropping onto batter, DO NOT DUMP CHERRIES, your cake will not turn out right.(see picture for correct method)

Bake for 40-45 minutes

Filling will sink during baking.

Let cool.  For decoration you can sift confectioner sugar on top of cake, slice and serve.

 

Tips:  you can try other fillings like apple,  but substitute vanilla extract for the almond

 

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