Maraschino Cherry Cake
Serves
12
Prep time:
0:45
Baking time:
0:30
Total time:
1:30

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.

From Washington Post from a 1948 Spry ad
Entered by Tom King via MasterCook
Nutrition

Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 931 Calories; 17g Fat (16.0% calories from fat); 5g Protein; 195g Carbohydrate; 4g Dietary Fiber; 17mg Cholesterol; 641mg Sodium. Exchanges: 1 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 0 Non-Fat Milk; 3 Fat; 12 Other Carbohydrates.