Maraschino Party Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and lightly flour two 8- or 9-inch round cake pans or one 9x13-inch cake pan.
• Reserve 1/4 cup maraschino cherry juice. Coarsely chop the cherries to make 1/2 cup. Set aside.
• Sift cake flour, baking powder, and 1/4 teaspoon of the salt and set aside.
• Beat shortening in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium high speed for 30 seconds. Add the 1 1/3 cups white sugar and beat until well combined. Add the egg whites, one at a time, beating well after each.
• Combine 2/3 cup milk and reserved 1/4 cup cherry juice. Add the flour and milk mixture alternately to the shortening mixture, beating on low speed after each addition until just combined. Stir in the chopped cherries and nuts. Pour batter into prepared pans.
• In preheated oven until cake springs back when lightly touched with a finger or a tester comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes for round cakes (or 30 to 35 minutes for a 9x13 inch pan). Cool cakes in pans on a wire rack for 10 minutes, then invert onto wire rack to cool completely.
• To make frosting: beat 3/4 cups butter in a large bowl till fluffy. Gradually add 3 cups sifted confectioners' sugar; beat well. Slowly beat in 1/3 cup milk, 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla, and remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt. Gradually beat in the remaining 3 cups sifted confectioners' sugar. Beat in additional milk (1 to 2 tablespoons) if needed, to make frosting of spreading consistency. If desired, tint the frosting pink by adding 6 drops of red food coloring.
• Once cake is completely cool, frost with butter frosting and decorate with maraschino cherries with stems.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg whites and cherry juice. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; add to the creamed mixture alternately with the milk, beating well after each addition. Stir in cherries and nuts., Place the batter in two greased and floured 9-in. round baking pans. Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely., For frosting, combine the sugar, egg whites, water, corn syrup and cream of tartar in a heavy saucepan over low heat or double boiler over simmering water. With a portable mixer, beat on low speed for 1 minute. Continue beating on low over low heat until frosting reaches 160°, about 8-10 minutes., Pour into the bowl of a heavy-duty stand mixer; add vanilla. Beat on high until stiff peaks form, about 7 minutes. Spread between the layers and over the top and sides of cake. Garnish with cherries if desired.

Steps:

• In large mixing bowl, cream shortening and sugar.
• Add egg whites and cherry juice.
• Mix well.
• Combine the flour, baking powder and salt.
• Add to the creamed mixture alternately with the milk.
• Stir in cherries and nuts.
• Place the batter in two greased and floured 9" round baking pans.
• Bake at 350 for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
• Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
• For frosting, combine the sugar, egg whites, water, corn syrup and cream of tartar in heavy saucepan over low heat or double boiler over simmering water.
• With a portable mixer, beat on low speed for 1 minute.
• Continue beating on low over low heat until frosting reaches 160 F, about 8-10 minutes.
• Pour into mixing bowl.
• Add vanilla.
• Beat on high until stiff peaks form, about 7 minutes.
• Spread between the layers and over top and sides of cake.
• Garnish with cherries if desired.

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, cream shortening and sugar. Add egg whites and cherry juice; mix well. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; add to the creamed mixture alternately with the milk. Stir in cherries and nuts.
• Place the batter in two greased and floured 9-in. round baking pans. Bake at 350 degrees F for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
• For frosting, combine the sugar, egg whites, water, corn syrup and cream of tartar in a heavy saucepan over low heat or double boiler over simmering water. With a portable mixer, beat on low speed for 1 minute. Continue beating on low over low heat until frosting reaches 160 degrees F, about 8-10 minutes.
• Pour into a mixing bowl; add vanilla. Beat on high until stiff peaks form, about 7 minutes. Spread between the layers and over the top and sides of cake. Garnish with cherries if desired.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325.
• Drain cherries & dry thoroughly.
• Sift flour, baking powder.
• Coat cherries with a little of this dry mixture.
• Beat butter& sugar together until light& fluffy.
• Add eggs one at a time beating well after each addition.
• add flavouring.
• Stir in remaining flour mixture alternately with milk.
• When smoothly blended add the cherries stirring them in.
• scrape into a well greased tube pan.
• Bake about 2 hours or until cake is set.
• Test with toothpick.
• cool before removing from pan.

Steps:

• Grease and flour pans (9x13 or 2 8" round pans).
• Sift flour and soda.
• cream butter and sugar.
• add egg, melted chocolate nuts and cherries and juice to creamed mixture.
• add dry ingredients and buttermilk alternately.
• Pour into pans
• Bake in a 350 oven for 30 minutes.
• Cool.
• Frost with Ganache.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour one 13 x 9 1/2 inch pan.
• Sift dry ingredients together.
• Add shortning, cherry juice, cherries and milk. Beat 2 minutes medium speed.
• Add egg whites. Beat 2 more minutes.
• Fold in nuts. Pour into pans.
• Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until golden.