Cherry Cake

• 2 1/2 cups cake flour
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1/2 cup margarine
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1/4 cup maraschino cherry juice
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1 tsp. almond extract
• 4 egg whites
• 18 maraschino cherries, cut fine and well drained
• 1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts (optional)

Cream margarine and sugar. Add cherry juice to milk and alternate with flour to which baking powder and salt has been added. Blend in extracts. Add cherries and nuts. Beat egg whites stiff and add last. Bake in preheated oven at 350* for 20 - 25 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Bake in 9 x 13 cake pan or 2 8" round pans. Very pretty with white, pink, or red icing for Valentine's Day or any day for that matter.