MARASCHINO CHERRY CAKE
Source of Recipe
wickedlygood
List of Ingredients
Preheat oven to 350°
Grease and flour two 9" round cake pans or a 9x13 oblong.
2¾ C flour
1¾ C sugar
4 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
2/3 C shortening
1/3 C juice from cherries
2/3 C milk
16 maraschino cherries, cut in eighths
2/3 C unbeaten egg whites
½ C finely chopped nuts (we always used pecans)
Recipe
Sift the dry ingredients into a bowl
Add shortening, cherry juice, milk and cut up cherries
Beat vigorously with a spoon for 2 min by the clock (about 150 strokes per min). You may rest a moment when beating by hand; just count actual beating time or strokes. OR mix with an electric mixer on medium speed for 2 min. Scrape bottom and sides of bowl constantly.
Add the unbeated egg whites, continue beating for 2 more minutes.
Fold in the choppped nuts.
Pour batter into prepared pans.
Bake layers 30-35 min. oblong 35-40 min.
Frost with white icing using cherry juice for the liquid.
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