Ingredients
Cake Mix
Frosting
Directions
Cake Mix
1.
MIX flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a large mixing bowl; DROP in shortening.
2.
COMBINE milk and maraschino juice; ADD 3/4 cup of liquid to flour mix.
3.
ADD vanilla and almond; BEAT for two minutes, SCRAPING bowl.
4.
ADD remaining liquid and egg whites and BEAT for two more minutes.
5.
STIR in cherries and nuts.
6.
BAKE in two 9-inch pans at 350F for 25-30 minutes.
Frosting
1.
COMBINE shortening, butter, vanilla, almond and salt.
2.
BEAT in 2 cups confectioners' sugar.
3.
ADD hot cream (NOTE: add only enough cream so that frosting spreads nicely on cake), alternately with remaining sugar, BEATING well after each addition.
4.
STIR in a few drops of food coloring to make frosting pink.
5.
SPREAD over cooled cake.