Cherry Pound Cake With Cherry Nut Frosting

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 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
• 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

Recipe

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