Media Clerks Cherry Coffeecake recipe

Holli asked me to post this recipe for the cherry coffeecake that I brought to the clerks meeting.
Cherry Coffeecake Ann @LYMDSR 1/08
2 sticks oleo
1¾ cup sugar *
4 eggs, add one at a time
1½ tsp vanilla
3 cups flour
½ tsp salt
1½ tsp baking powder

1 can cherry pie filling
1 tsp almond extract

Cream oleo & sugar. Add eggs one at a time. Add vanilla.
Add flour, salt and baking powder. Spread ¾ batter in greased 12x15 inch pan.
Add almond extract to cherry pie filling. Spread cherries over batter. Drop remaining
batter hit and miss over cherries. Bake at 350° for 30-40 minutes.

Make icing: Warm 2 Tablespoons oleo and 2 Tablespoons milk until oleo melts. Add
½ tsp vanilla. Stir in 1 cup powdered sugar to make a thin icing. Drizzle over warm coffee cake. Cool. Serve!
*high altitude tip, I always reduce the sugar in any cookie or cake recipe, for every cup of sugar in a recipe...use ¾ cup sugar and ¼ cup powdered milk.