Fresca Cake with Maraschino Frosting
A buttery, moist and delicious cake, whoever has it will definitely give you a big "wow".
Yield
16 servingsPrep
20 minCook
40 minReady
60 minIngredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | cups |
sugar
|
|
| ½ | pound |
butter
|
|
| ½ | cup |
vegetable shortening
|
*
|
| 6 | large |
eggs
large |
|
| 3 | cups |
cake flour
sifted |
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
baking powder
|
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
vanilla extract
|
|
| 1 | tablespoon |
lemon zest
grated |
|
| 1 | tablespoon |
lime zest
grated |
*
|
| Icing | |||
| 2 | each |
egg whites
large |
*
|
| 1 | cup |
sugar
|
|
| 1 | tablespoon |
water
|
|
| 2 | tablespoons |
maraschino cherries
juice |
*
|
| 1 | tablespoon |
light corn syrup
|
|
| ¼ | teaspoon |
cream of tartar
|
|
| 10 | each |
maraschino cherries
chopped |
|
| 7 | ounces |
lemon-lime soda
|
* |
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.1E+2 | ml |
sugar
|
|
| 226.8 | g |
butter
|
|
| 118 | ml |
vegetable shortening
|
*
|
| 6 | large |
eggs
large |
|
| 7.1E+2 | ml |
cake flour
sifted |
|
| 5 | ml |
baking powder
|
|
| 5 | ml |
vanilla extract
|
|
| 15 | ml |
lemon zest
grated |
|
| 15 | ml |
lime zest
grated |
*
|
| Icing | |||
| 2 | each |
egg whites
large |
*
|
| 237 | ml |
sugar
|
|
| 15 | ml |
water
|
|
| 3E+1 | ml |
maraschino cherries
juice |
*
|
| 15 | ml |
light corn syrup
|
|
| 1.3 | ml |
cream of tartar
|
|
| 1E+1 | each |
maraschino cherries
chopped |
|
| 202.3 | ml/g |
lemon-lime soda
|
* |
Directions
Preheat oven to 350℉ (180℃).
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.
