CHERRY COFFEE CAKE WITH ALMOND GLAZE

Cherry Coffee Cake With Almond Glaze image

This recipe is from my mom who got it from a friend years and years ago. I'm not big on fruit and cake type desserts, but this stuff is delicious. And very pretty, too. (freezes well)

Provided by Swan Valley Tammi

Categories Breads

Time 1h

Yield 1 cookie sheet

Number Of Ingredients 12

Ingredients

1 cup margarine
1 3/4 cups white sugar
4 eggs
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla extract or 1 teaspoon almond extract
19 ounces cherry pie filling (540 ml)
2 cups icing sugar
3 tablespoons margarine, softened
milk
1/4 teaspoon almond extract
sliced almonds

Steps:

For coffee cake: cream together the margarine and sugar. Add 1 egg at a time to creamed mixture; mix well.
Add remaining cake ingredients except pie filling; mix well.
Spread 2/3 batter in 10x15" cookie sheet with spatula. Pour pie filling over top and spread evenly over batter.
Drop remaining batter over top; do not spread. Bake at 350F for 45 minutes.
For almond glaze:.
Sift icing sugar into mixing bowl; cream together with margarine.
Gradually add milk, a tablespoon at a time until spreading consistency is reached. Add almond extract.
Spread over warm cake. Sprinkle with sliced almonds.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 6511.4, Fat 239.8, SaturatedFat 44.4, Cholesterol 846, Sodium 3458.2, Carbohydrate 1032.2, Fiber 13.4, Sugar 587.9, Protein 68.3