Easy Cherry Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (18 ounce) box white cake mix
1/3 cup vegetable oil
4 egg whites (or 3, per cake mix directions)
1 1/4 cups water (*see directions)
1 (8 ounce) jar maraschino cherries

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350.
Grease or Spray bottom of two 8 or 9 inch cake pans.
*Drain juice from cherries and add water to make 1 1/4 cups.
Chop cherries in half.
Beat cake mix, cherry juice/water, oil, egg whites and cherries in large bowl on low speed 30 seconds; beat on medium speed 1 1/2 minutes
Pour into pans.
Bake 30- 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
Cool 10 minutes in pans.
Run knife around sides of pans before removing.
Cool completely before frosting.
A White Mountain icing is very good.