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Spice: Cherry Spice Cake

Source of Recipe

billk54 at rc


List of Ingredients

Cake:
• 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1 1/2 cups cherry pie filling

Frosting:
• 16 ounces (two 8-oz. pkg.) cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup butter or margarine, softened
• 3 tablespoons milk
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 8 cups sifted powdered sugar


Recipe

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

For cake, cream butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.

In another large bowl, sift together flour, soda, nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves and allspice. In a blender or a food processor fitted with a steel blade, process pie filling until cherries are coarsely chopped.* Add dry ingredients and pie filling alternately to creamed mixture, mixing until smooth. Pour batter into 3 greased and floured 9-inch round cake pans. Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes. Turn onto a wire rack to cool completely.

For frosting, combine first 4 ingredients in a large bowl. Add sugar and beat until smooth. Frost between layers, on sides, and on top of cake.