Recipe Maraschino Cherry Nut Cake
Maraschino Cherry Nut Cake
Ingredients
1 (10 ounce) jar maraschino cherries, 2 ¼ cups sifted cake flour, 2 ½ teaspoons baking powder, ½ teaspoon salt, divided, ½ cup shortening, 1 ⅓ cups white sugar, 3 egg whites, room temperature, ⅔ cup milk, room temperature, ½ cup chopped pecans, ¾ cup butter, room temperature, 6 cups sifted confectioners' sugar, divided, ⅓ cup milk, 6 drops red food coloring, 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract, 12 maraschino cherries, with stems
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and grease cake pans. Reserve 1/4 cup cherry juice and chop 1/2 cup of cherries. Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together. Cream shortening and sugar, then beat in egg whites one at a time. Alternately add the dry ingredients and the milk-cherry juice mixture to the creamed shortening, then fold in chopped cherries and nuts. Bake until the cake springs back, then cool completely. Prepare the frosting by beating butter with confectioners' sugar, milk, vanilla, and salt, adding red food coloring if desired. Frost the cake and decorate with maraschino cherries.
Nutrition
Total Fat 24g 31%, Saturated Fat 10g 50%, Cholesterol 32mg 11%, Sodium 304mg 13%, Total Carbohydrate 114g 41%, Dietary Fiber 1g 4%, Total Sugars 82g, Protein 4g, Vitamin C 0mg 1%, Calcium 97mg 7%, Iron 2mg 13%, Potassium 135mg 3%
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