German Butter Cake

preheat oven to 350 degrees                     

In mixing bowl, combine 1 stick (1/2 cup) of softened unsalted butter and 1 stick of softened lightly salted butter and whip with electric mixer.

Add:

• 1cup sugar and beat again                             
• 4 large eggs, one at a time
• beating after each egg
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1 and 1/4 cups flour, (batter will be thick)

Then:

• carefully fold in one 14.5 oz. can red tart pitted pie cherries packed in water, drained
• pour into a 13”x 9” ungreased sheet cake pan or glass casserole dish
• bake, till lightly brown on top about 30 min.
• cool and sprinkle with 10x sugar and cut into squares

For a variation, try using 1 can (11oz.) of mandarin oranges, fresh blueberries work well also

 Enjoy!!!!!!