Ingredients:
1/3 cup maraschino cherries, sliced
3/4 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup egg whites
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
1/4 teaspoon almond flavoring
1 cup cake flour, sifted
Directions:
Drain cherries thoroughly.
Add salt, cream of tartar, almond flavoring, and vanilla to egg whites.
Beat until foamy but not stiff.
Beat in sugar, 2 tablespoons at a time.
Sift flour 3 times and fold into mixture.
Pour a layer in the bottom of an ungreased cake pan.
Sprinkle in 1/2 cherries.
Add remaining batter and top with remaining cherries.
Bake in the oven at 325F for 50 minutes.
Invert and allow to hang until cake cools and pulls away from sides of pan.
Use whipped cream as frosting and top with whole cherries.
Servings: 12
Time preparation: 20 min.
Time total: 70 min.