2 1/2 c  Sifted Unbleached Flour
     2 c  Sugar
     1 ts Baking Powder
     1 ts Baking Soda
   2/3 c  Butter Or Regular Margarine
     3 lg Eggs
     1 c  Sour Milk
CREAMY CHERRY FROSTING
 5 1/2 c  Sifted Confectioners Sugar
   3/4 c  Butter Or Regular
          Margarine, Softened
     6 tb Maraschino Cherry Juice
     2    Drops Red Food Coloring
   1/2 ts Vanilla Extract
   1/4 c  Chopped Red Maraschino
          Cherries
 Sift the flour, sugar, baking powder and baking soda together, in a
 large bow.  Add the butter, eggs and sour milk. Beat, with an
 electric mixer set at low speed, for 1/2 minute 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-inch cake pans.
 Bake in a preheated 350 degree 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 vanilia extract in a bowl.  Beat with an electric mixer at medium
 speed until smooth and creamy. Add 1 more Tbls of cherry juice, if
 necessary, to make the frosting into a spreading consistency.
 NOTE:  To sour milk, place 1 Tbls vinegar in a measuring cup and add
 enough milk to make 1 cup.
 From The Home Journal’s Complete Home Baking Book                 
                 Yields       
                12 Servings                
