2 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
2 eggs
1 8 ounce carton dairy sour cream
1 8 ounce can whole cranberry sauce
1/2 cup chopped pecans

Directions:
Grease and flour a 10 inch tube pan. Set aside. Stir together flour, baking powder, soda, and 1/4 teaspoon salt. In a large mixer bowl beat butter or margarine with an electric mixer on medium speed for 30 seconds. Add sugar and almond extract. Beat till fluffy. Add eggs and beat well. Add flour mixture and sour cream alternately to beaten mixture, beating on low speed after each addition till smooth.

Spread half of the batter into the prepared pan. Spoon 1/2 cup of the cranberry sauce over batter. Spoon remaining batter over sauce, spreading out batter as much as possible. Dot with the remaining cranberry sauce. Sprinkle pecans atop. Bake in a 350°F oven for 40 to 50 minutes or till done. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack.

Makes 1 ring.

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