Cherry-Nut Coffee Cake Recipe

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a small bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt; set aside.
3. In a large bowl, combine butter and confectioner's sugar; cream well.
4. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
5. Stir in almond extract.
6. Blend in flour mixture alternating with milk.
7. Fold in maraschino cherries and nuts.
8. Spoon batter evenly into a well-greased and floured tube pan (10 will work but better if a little smaller).
9. Bake 55 minutes.
10. Cool for 5 minutes.
11. Brush melted butter on the top of the cake and sprinkle with a cinnamon sugar mixture (amount depends on how thick a cinnamon sugar mixture you'd like. I put a lot of butter on top so that I can get a nice layer of cinnamon sugar).
12. Cool 20 minutes and carefully remove from pan so as not to disturb your cinnamon sugar topping.
13. Cool completely.