Fresca cake with maraschino frosting

8 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
3 cups Sugar
½ pounds Butter
½ cup Vegetable Shortening
6 eaches Eggs; Large
3 cups Cake Flour; Sifted
2 eaches Egg Whites; Large
1 cup Sugar
1 tablespoon ;Water
2 tablespoons Maraschino Cherry Juice
7 ounces Fresca; Soda Pop
1 teaspoon Baking Powder
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
1 tablespoon Lemon Rind; Grated
1 tablespoon Lime Rind; Grated
1 tablespoon Light Corn Syrup
¼ teaspoon Cream Of Tartar
10 eaches Maraschino Cherries; Chopped

Directions

ICING

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. 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 13-inch 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.

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