Maraschino Cake

Ingredients

• 2 1/4 cups cake flour
• 1 1/3 cups sugar
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup shortening, softened
• 1 cup milk
• 1/4 cup maraschino cherry juice
• 16 maraschino cherries, cut into eighths
• 1/2 cup nuts, chopped
• 4 egg whites, unbeaten

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f. prepare cake pans.
• 2 sift together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt into a mixing bowl.
• 3 add shortening, milk and flavoring. beat 2 minutes.
• 4 add another 1/3 cup milk and unbeaten egg whites. beat 2 minutes more.
• 5 pour cake batter into prepared cake pan(s).
• 6 frost with your favorite frosting using cherry juice for liquid called for in recipe.
• 7 decorate with stems on maraschino cherries.