Fresca Cake With Maraschino Frosting

Ingredients

800 gr sugar
220 gr butter
95 gr vegetable shortening
6 eggs
375 gr cake flour
200 gr fresca
5 gr baking powder
4 gr vanilla extract
2 gr lemon rind
2 gr lime rind
2 egg whites
10 ml maraschino cherry juice
7 gr corn syrup
1 ml cream of tartar
10 maraschino cherries

Instructions

Preheat oven to 180ÂșC . Cream together sugar, butter and shortening. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add flour and Fresca alternately. Add baking powder and when mixture is fully creamed, add vanilla and fruit rinds. Pour into greased and floured 9 X 33 cm Cake Pan. Bake 1 hour or until cake tester comes out clean. FROSTING: Mix all ingredients except cherries and beat constantly while heating in the top of a double boiler. When thoroughly mixed, thick, and spreadable, frost cake. Decorate top of cake with chopped maraschino cherries. NOTE: Since Fresca is available only in limited areas if at all, 7-up may be a good substitution, or any lemon-lime drink. Also, since the problem with the cherries has been resolved with a different food coloring, you may use the new ones or use gum drops instead for the garnish. Syrup from a can of dark cherries might be substituted for the Maraschino cherry syrup.