Ingredients
- 10 maraschino cherries
- 6 eggs
- 2 egg whites
- 800 gr sugar
- 375 gr cake flour
- 220 gr butter
- 200 gr fresca
- 95 gr vegetable shortening
- 10 ml maraschino cherry juice
- 7 gr corn syrup (light)
- 5 gr baking powder
- 4 gr vanilla extract
- 2 gr lemon rind
- 2 gr lime rind
- 1 ml cream of tartar
Preheat oven to 180ºC . 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.