Shelly's Recipe

CHERRY CHEESE CROWN

Category: Fruit Desserts

1 (8 oz) pkg cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1 pint heavy cream
1/2 tsp vanilla and almond extracts
36 ladyfinger cookies
1 can cherry pie filling

Beat cream cheese and sugar until creamy; set aside. In a separate bowl, beat cream, adding extracts, until stiff. Fold cream cheese mixture into whip cream and mix. (Do not beat.)

Place springform an ring on cake plate, making sure springform pan lever is latched. Line side of pan with ladyfingers round side facing from pan. Line bottom with ladyfingers with round side up, breaking ladyfingers as needed to fit.

Place 1/3 cream mixture on the ladyfingers, then top with next layer of ladyfingers and cream mixture. And repeat one more time, ending with cream cheese mixture. Top with pie filling and cover. Refrigerate for 5 hours or overnight. To serve, unlatch and remove ring.