Back 1 Cup Sugar
1/2 Cup (1 stick) Unsalted Butter, room temperature
2 Large Eggs
1 teas. Watkins Vanilla Extract
1/2 teas. Watkins Almond Extract
2 Cups All-Purpose Flour
1 teas. Watkins Baking Powder
1 teas. Baking Soda
1/2 teas. Salt
1 Cup Sour Cream
1/2 21-Ounce Can Cherry Pie Filling
1/2 Cup Thinly Sliced Almonds (about 2 ounces)
Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter 10-inch-diameter springform pan. Beat sugar and butter in large bowl until light. Add eggs, vanilla and almond extracts and beat well. Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt into medium bowl. Mix half of dry ingredients into butter mixture. Mix in sour cream, then remaining dry ingredients.
Pour 2/3 of batter (about 2 cups) into prepared pan. Drop pie filling by tablespoons evenly over batter. Drop remaining batter by spoonfuls over pie filling. Using back of spoon, carefully spread batter over filling. Sprinkle with almonds. Bake until tester inserted into center of cake comes out clean, about 1 hour 5 minutes. Cool in pan on rack. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover with foil and store at room temperature.) Cut around sides of pan. Remove pan. Serves 12.
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