Filled Cherry Cake

Photo: flickr user MmMmMmMatt

Ingredients

1 cup Butter

1 cup Sugar

2 lrg Eggs, Well Beaten

2 cups All-Purpose Flour

3 teaspoons Baking Powder

1/2 teaspoon Salt

1 can Cherry Pie Filling

1/4 cup Sugar

1/4 cup Flour

2 tablespoons Butter

1/2 cup Walnuts or Pecans, Chopped

Preparation

With an electric mixer, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and mix. Add flour, baking powder, and salt. Mix well, until creamed. Spread a liberal amount of the dough into a greased 15X11-inch pan. Cover with cherry pie filling. Scatter remaining dough by teasponful over filling.

FOR STREUSEL TOPPING: In small bowl, mix sugar and flour. Cut in butter with a pastry blender until crumbly. Stir in nuts. Sprinkle streusel topping over cake and bake at 350 degrees for one hour.

NOTES : Comment from Flo: The time sounds awfully long, but I have tasted this and it is yummy. Published in January/February '97 Tastes of Oklahoma Views, Oklahoma Farmers Union.