1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup shortening
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon almond extract
4 eggs
3 cups flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 can cherry pie filling

Cream butter, sugar, shortening, vanilla extract and almond extract. Add eggs, one at a time. Stir in flour and baking powder. Pour 2/3 batter onto a greased 15 x 10-inch jellyroll pan. Spread on cherry filling. Drop the remaining 1/3 batter by teaspoon over cherry filling. Bake at 350 degrees F for 45 minutes.

Frosting
1 cup confectioners sugar' sugar
1 teaspoon melted butter

Mix confectioners' sugar and melted butter. Dribble frosting over cherry coffee cake while it is warm.