Recipes

[sward05]

1 cup butter

1 3/4 cups sugar

4 eggs

1 tsp. vanilla

1/2 tsp. salt

3 cups flour

1 1/2 baking soda

1 can cherry pie filling

Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time beating thoroughly. Add vanilla. Add sifted dry ingredients and mix well. Spread in pan 11 x 17 leaving 1 1/2 cups. Spread filling over batter gently using spatula. Drop remaining batter from a spoon over filling. Bake at 350 degrees for 40-45 minutes. When cool sprinkle with powered sugar.

I've also used apple pie filling in place of the cherry.

[Snicks1]

Sounds really tasty, I will be trying this. Thank you.

[DukeBlueNan]

Yummy! I love anything with cherries. Thank you.

[dfyre]

Sounds yummy - but why oh why does everything good start with a cup of butter??? Anyway, these are ingredients I always have on hand so will have to give it a try.

[lork]

For the last 40 plus years I've known this as the "Dairy Council Coffee Cake". It's quick, delicious and pretty to look at. Instead of a sprinkle of powdered sugar, I've always drizzled an almond flavored glaze over the top. (A little maple/coffee flavored glaze over apple topped cake!) While cherry topped cake is really pretty, my favorite is apricot. I've also made it with blueberries, pineapple, and strawberries. If you don't have any canned pie filling, you can make your own with canned or frozen fruit.

[beba51]

Sounds good. Thanks

[MALC]

My recipe calls for Crisco in place of the butter and 2 cups of sugar, so we've always called it 1234 bars - the measurements for the Crisco, sugar, flour and eggs. I make it in a jelly roll pan, bake it about 25 minutes and cut it into small bars to serve as cookies. I use only 1 cup of the batter for the topping. I find that it doesn't need any glaze or topping and have used many different kinds of pie filling. It's great for a crowd.

[sward05]

Lork...Thanks so much for thealmond glaze topping idea...I'd like to try that with peach filling.

[beba51]

sounds great............thanks