Cookbook Table of Contents

Cherry Chiffon Cake

This recipe came from Grandma Amelia Wuertz.

2 1/4 CupSifted Cake Flour
1 1/2 CupSugar
3 tspBaking Powder
1 tspSalt
  1. Sift all ingredients above in a bowl.
  2. Make a hole in the center of  flour.
2 Cupof chopped Nuts (Chopped fine)
1/2 CupSalad Oil
7Egg Yolks
1/4 CupMaraschino Cherry Juice
1/2 CupWater
1/2 Cup of chopped Maraschino Cherries (Chopped fine)
  1. Stir above ingredients together and add to center hole of flour
 
1 Cup Egg Whites
1/2 Tsp Cream of Tarter
  1. Whip these two ingredients until stiff. 
  2. Much stiffer than meringue for angle food cake.
  3. Pour over batter.
  4. Gently fold in until well blended.
  5. Bake 1 hr in 350 degree oven (Colorado)
  6. Bake 50 min in 320 degree convection oven (Oregon)