Grandma Tessie'S Maraschino Cherry Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. butter
2 c. sugar
4 eggs, separated
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
3 1/4 c. flour, separated
1 (8 oz.) bottle maraschino cherries
1/4 lb. walnut or pecan pieces

Preparation

Pour cherry juice into cup, fill with milk to measure 1 cup. Cut up cherries, mix with nut pieces and sift 1/4 cup flour over them.
Cream butter and sugar, add egg yolks one at a time, beating well.
Add cherry-nut mixture.
Sift baking soda, baking powder and the 3 cups flour together and add alternately with liquid to the butter mixture.
Fold in beaten egg whites.
Bake in large, greased tube pan for 1 hour at 350\u00b0.