Ingredients:

8 ounce package cream cheese, softened
1 cup butter, softened
1 ½ cup sugar
1 ½ teaspoon vanilla
4 eggs
2 ¼ cups flour
2 ½ teaspoons baking powder
4 ounces green candy cherries
4 ounces red candy cherries
1 cup walnuts

Directions:

Grease and flour a tube or Bundt pan. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Blend cream cheese, butter, sugar, and vanilla in mixer bowl. Add eggs and mix well. Add 2 cups of flour with baking powder. Batter will be thick.

Combine the remaining ¼ cup of flour with the cherries and walnuts, and fold into batter.

Bake for 1 hour until inserted toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 10-15 minutes and remove from pan. Cool on wire rack.

Mix 1 ½ cups of confectioner’s sugar with 2 tablespoons milk for glaze. Glaze cake when cool and garnish with cherries and nuts.