Black cherry dessert cake
1 Cake
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Eggs | |
| 1 | cup | Sugar |
| 1¾ | cup | Flour, all-purpose |
| ⅛ | teaspoon | Salt |
| 2 | teaspoons | Baking powder |
| 2 | tablespoons | Water |
| ½ | teaspoon | Vanilla |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Almond extract |
| 1⅓ | cup | Pitted Bing cherries, fresh or canned |
| ¼ | cup | Chopped walnuts |
Directions
Beat eggs until light; gradually add sugar; beat until lemon-colored.
Add sifted dry ingredients. Add water, vanilla, and almond extract; mix well. Pour into two prepared round layer pans. Drop cherries over batter (save some for garnish). Sprinkle with nuts. Bake in moderate oven, 350 f , 30 minutes. Serve slightly warm with sweetened whipped cream between layer and over top. Garnish with whole cherries.