———-CAKE———- 1 Cup Butter
1 Cup Sugar
2 Large Eggs — Well Beaten
2 Cups All-Purpose Flour
3 Teaspoons Baking Powder
1/2 Teaspoon Salt
1 Can Cherry Pie Filling
———STREUSEL TOPPING—————– 1/4 Cup Sugar
1/4 Cup Flour
2 Tablespoons Butter
1/2 Cup Walnuts or Pecans — Chopped
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.