When I was a girl, I dreamed of this kind of cake, all pink and soft with fluffy pink cloud frosting. It was the cake that I imagined princesses ate. Maraschino Cherry Cake with Fluffy Cherry Frosting – It was the cake that I imagined princesses ate. I had forgotten about those dreams until I ran across the …

Simple, easy and cheesy! My whole family loves this recipe so much. If it were for them, I’d be making this every day! Give it a shot, you’ll love it!To Make this Recipe You’ Will Need the following ingredients:

Ingredient

• 3 cups sifted cake flour
• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup butter, room temperature
• 1/3 cup vegetable shortening
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1/4 cup maraschino cherry juice
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1/2 cup coarsely chopped nuts
• 16 maraschino cherries, cut into eighths
• 5 egg whites, stiffly beaten

Prepare ahead of time:

1. Coarsely chop 1/2 cup nuts. Cut 16 maraschino cherries into eighths and set aside. They can be put together in the same bowl as they will be added at the same time.
2. Combine the 1/4 cup maraschino cherry juice and 3/4 cup milk in a one cup measure. Set aside.
3. The timing of the stiffly beaten egg whites is a little tricky. Wait too long and they deflate and get weepy. After creaming the sugar and butter and shortening, I washed off my
4. egg beaters and then beat my egg whites just before the step that adds the nuts and cherries.
5. Now onto the cake…
6. Preheat oven to 350*F. Generously grease and flour two 9-inch round** layer cake pans and set aside.
7. Sift the flour, baking powder and salt together onto waxed paper or in a medium bowl; set aside.
8. Cream butter, shortening, and sugar in a large bowl until fluffy (about five minutes).
9. Add sifted dry ingredients to the creamed mixture alternately with the milk-maraschino cherry juice mixture, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients. Beat well after
10. each addition.
11. Fold in nuts and cherries, then fold in the beaten egg whites.
12. Divide the batter between pans and bake for 30 to 35 minutes, or until springy to touch.
13. Cook cakes in pans on wire racks for about five minutes. Using a thin blade knife loosen carefully around edges and turn out onto the racks. Cool to room temperature.
14. Pink Cherry Maraschino 7-Minute Frosting
15. 2 1/2 cups sugar
16. 1 tablespoon light corn syrup
17. 1/2 cup water
18. 1/2 cup maraschino cherry juice
19. 3 egg whites, stiffly beaten
20. Mix sugar, corn syrup, water and cherry juice in medium heavy saucepan, covered, but with lid askew, and heat for five minutes over moderate heat. Remove lid, insert candy
21. thermometer, and heat, without stirring, until syrup reaches 242*F. (takes about 10-15 minutes).
22. In the meantime, put three egg whites in a medium sized bowl and beat until stiff peaks form.
23. When the syrup reaches 242*F, add the hot syrup to egg whites in a fine stream, beating hard the entire time. Continue beating until mixture peaks stiffly, about 7 to 10 minutes.