Sweetheart Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 1/2 cups sifted flour
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup shortening
3/4 cup milk
1/4 cup maraschino cherry juice
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 teaspoons almond extract
4 egg whites, unbeaten
18 maraschino cherries, well drained and finely chopped
1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts

Preparation

Sift flour, sugar, baking powder and salt into mixing bowl.
Drop in shortening.
Combine milk and cherry juice and add in a stream to dry mixture.
Add extracts; beat two minutes.
Add egg whites; beat two minutes.
Add cherries and nuts; beat 2 minutes.
Bake in two greased and floured 9-inch pans at 375 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes.
Frost when cool using a plain butter frosting, replacing liquid with cherry juice.
Decorate with cup up cherries.