Post by Mamie on Oct 10, 2002 10:35:18 GMT -6
1/2 cup shortning
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 1/2 cups self-rising flour
1 1/2 teaspoons soda
2 cups drained sour cherries(but save the juice for the sauce.
Cream shortning and sugar together---add eggs---beat well---add flour slowly.
Add the soda to the cherries--they will turn dark, then add them to the batter.---fold in the nuts, and bake in 9X13 pan at 325, till done---serve with the following sauce:
Using the 3/4 cup of the saved drained cherry juice---add 1/4 cup water, sugar to taste, and 1 1/2 tablespoon cornstarch. Cook till thick--then cool--Top with whipped cream.
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 1/2 cups self-rising flour
1 1/2 teaspoons soda
2 cups drained sour cherries(but save the juice for the sauce.
Cream shortning and sugar together---add eggs---beat well---add flour slowly.
Add the soda to the cherries--they will turn dark, then add them to the batter.---fold in the nuts, and bake in 9X13 pan at 325, till done---serve with the following sauce:
Using the 3/4 cup of the saved drained cherry juice---add 1/4 cup water, sugar to taste, and 1 1/2 tablespoon cornstarch. Cook till thick--then cool--Top with whipped cream.