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                  Yellow Layer Cake With Cherry Frosting

Recipe By     : The Home Journal's Complete Home Baking Book, 1979
Serving Size  : 12   Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Cakes

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
   2 1/2   c            Unbleached flour -- sifted
   2       c            Sugar
   1       ts           Baking powder
   1       ts           Baking soda
     2/3   c            Butter
   3       lg           Eggs
   1       c            Sour milk
                        Creamy Cherry Frosting:
   5 1/2   c            Confectioners sugar -- sifted
     3/4   c            Butter -- softened
   6       tb           Maraschino cherry juice
   2       dr           Red food coloring
     1/2   ts           Vanilla extract
     1/4   c            Red maraschino cherries --
                        - chopped

  Sift the flour, sugar, baking powder, and baking soda together, in
  a large bowl. Add the butter, eggs, and sour milk. Beat, with an
  electric mixer set at low speed, for 30 seconds to blend. Increase
  the mixer speed to medium and beat for an additional 3 minutes.
  Pour the batter into two greased and waxed paper lined 9" cake
  pans. Bake in a preheated 350°F oven for 25 minutes or until the
  cake tests done.

  Note:

  The standard test for doneness, is to try a cake tester or wooden
  pick near the center of the cake. If it comes out clean, it is
  done.

  Cool in pans on racks for 10 minutes. Remove from the pans and
  finish cooling to room temperature. Spread the top of one layer
  with the Creamy Cherry Frosting. Sprinkle with all of the chopped
  cherries. Place the second layer on topw and spread the sides and
  top with the remianing frosting.

  Creamy Cherry Frosting:
  
  Combine the sifted confectioners sugar, butter, juice, food
  coloring, and vanilla extract in a bowl. Beat with an electric
  mixer at medium speed until smooth and creamy. Add another 1 tb
  cherry juice, if necessary, to make the frosting into a spreading
  consistency.
  
  Note:

  To sour milk, place 1 tb vinegar in a measuring cup and add enough
  milk to make 1 cup.
  

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