Cherry Coffee Cake

Mix together:
1 cup butter
1 3/4 cup sugar

Add 4 eggs: then add
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 tsp salt

Mix well then add 3 cups flour, mix well. Grease cookie sheet pan that has an inch edge on it. Spread the thick batter on the cookie sheet (all but 2 cups), next put spoonfuls of your favorite pie filling (cherry for this recipe) all over the batter. There should be little dabs of filling all over. Then add dabs of batter (what's left over) all over, next to the dabs of pie filling dabs.

Bake at 350* for 30-40 minutes.

Glaze:

1 cup powdered sugar
2-3 T milk
1/2 tsp almond extract

Mix together and then drizzle over cooled coffee cake. Add sliced almonds on top if desired!

LaVon - April 2010 - Eilyn's house