Marachino Cherry Cake
Cream 1 cup butter with
2 cups sugar
Add 4 egg yolks beaten light
1 cup milk alternately with
3 cups flour, sifted 3 times with
1/2 tsp soda
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
Add small bottle cherries, juice and nuts
1 tsp vanilla
Add 4 egg whites beaten stiff.....Last
Bake at 350F in a tube pan for 1-1/4 hours
Maple Icing
1 tbsp hot coffee
3 tbsp maple syrup
Few drops of vanilla
Confectioner’s sugar
Mix together coffee, syrup and vanilla and beat in confectioner’s sugar until stiff enough to spread.
From Chicago Evening American Cookbook 1932
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