Cherry Cake
Cherry Cake
Miz Helen's Kitchen
Ingredients
For The Cake
2 1/2 cups cake flour, sifted
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup shortening,(vegetable shortening)
3/4 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 teaspoons almond extract
1/4 cup Maraschino Cherry Juice
4 egg whites unbeaten
18 Maraschino Cherries, drained and finely chopped
Maraschino Cherries for garnish if desired
Directions
For The Cake
Sift together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt into a large mixing bowl.
Add the shortening to the dry mix and beat on slow to blend about 1 minute.
Mix the milk, vanilla, almond extract and cherry juice.
Add 3/4 of the milk mixture (reserve 1/4 of the liquid) to the dry ingredients and mix on low for 2 minutes.
Add 4 egg whites to the reserved liquid mixture of milk and flavors then add that mixture to the cake batter and mix on low for 2 minutes.
Stir in the chopped cherries.
Pour into greased and floured two 9 inch cake tin's and bake at 350 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes until just browned on top and done in the center.
Let cool before frosting.