Serves: 5
Total Calories: 794

1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup vegetable shortening or margarine
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour (not self-rising)
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 - 1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 cup milk
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1/2 cup raspberry or blackberry preserves

Soften cream cheese at room temperature. Combine with sugar and shortening, mixing until well blended. Add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Blend in vanilla. Sift dry ingredients together and add alternately with the milk. Blend thoroughly. Stir in pecans.

Pour into a greased and floured 9x13-inch pan. Dot with preserves and cut through batter several times for a marbled effect. Bake at 350° for 35 minutes until done.

Fun Fact:The Freedom Trail is a 2.5 mile red-brick walking trail in Boston, Massachusetts, comprised of 16 nationally significant historic sites that tell the story of the American Revolution.

The Freedom Trail includes: The Boston Common, The State House, Park Street Church, Granary Burying Ground, King’s Chapel, King’s Chapel Burying Ground, Benjamin Franklin Statue/Boston Latin School, Old Corner Book Store, Old South Meeting House, Old State House, Site of the Boston Massacre, Faneuil Hall, Paul Revere House, The Old North Church, Copp’s Hill Burying Ground, Bunker Hill Monument, and the USS Constitution.

Nutritional Facts:

Serves: 5
Total Calories: 794
Calories from Fat: 396

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