#706 - Easy Cherry Cheesecake

(by Shirley McNevich)

1 box Duncan Hines yellow cake mix
2 TBSP canola oil
2 - 8oz. packages Philadelphia cream cheese
1/2 cup white sugar
4 eggs
1 1/2 cups milk
3 TBSP lemon juice
1 tsp. vanilla
1 large can cherry pie filling

Remove 1 cup of the dry cake mix and set it aside. In a bowl, beat one of the eggs and the canola oil--beat with a fork. Add the remaining cake mix left in the box to the egg mixture--mix well. Press this mixture into the bottom of a 9 x 13 greased cake pan. In a mixer add cream cheese and white sugar--beat. Add the 3 remaining eggs--beat. Add the 1 cup of dry cake mix that you had set aside earlier--beat on medium until well mixed. Turn mixer on low speed and add the milk, lemon juice, and vanilla--beat until smooth. Pour batter on top of the pressed mixture in the cake pan. Bake at 300 degrees for 45-55 minutes. Once cake has cooled, spoon cherry pie filling on the top and refrigerate.