Instructions

  1. Drain cherries thoroughly.
  2. Add salt, cream of tartar, almond flavoring, and vanilla to egg whites.
  3. Beat until foamy but not stiff.
  4. Beat in sugar, 2 tablespoons at a time.
  5. Sift flour 3 times and fold into mixture.
  6. Pour a layer in the bottom of an ungreased cake pan.
  7. Sprinkle in 1/2 cherries.
  8. Add remaining batter and top with remaining cherries.
  9. Bake in the oven at 325° for 50 minutes.
  10. Invert and allow to hang until cake cools and pulls away from sides of pan.
  11. Use whipped cream as frosting and top with whole cherries.