Cherry Nut Cake
1 3/4 cups cake flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 egg white
3/4 cup orange juice
3/4 cup chopped pecans
1/2 cup cherries canned in water, drained and liquid reserved
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 6-cup Bundt pan (or use cooking spray). Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together; set aside. In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar together until fluffy; add egg and egg white and beat well. Gradually add flour mixture alternately with orange juice. Fold in pecans and cherries. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake for 45 to 50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Remove from pan and continue cooling on wire rack. Spoon Cherry Sauce over cake.
Cherry Sauce
Reserved juice from 14.5 ounce can of cherries in water
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 tablespoon butter
1 (21 ounce) can cherry pie filling
In a medium saucepan, whisk together the cherry juice and cornstarch; add butter. Cook and stir over medium heat for about 3 minutes, or until thickened. Stir in the pie filling, cook for 1 minute, or until heated through.
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