Maraschino Devil's Food Cake

Directions

1. All ingredients mixed in same bowl.
2. Mixing time three minutes.
3. Sift together in large bowl flour, soda, and sugar.
4. Add snowdrift, buttermilk and cherry juice.
5. Mix enough to dampen flow; beat 2 minutes-if by hand, count beating time only; with electric mixer use low speed, beating 2 minutes.
6. Add eggs and chocolate.
7. Beat 1 minute for snowdrift, smooth batter, then fold in 1/2 cup chopped cherries dusted with flour.
8. Bake in two greased a-inch layer pans lined with paper at 325f about 35 minutes.
9. Frost with fondant icing.