Kirsebærkage

Description
Cherry cake
 * Makes 1

Ingredients

 * 3 tablespoons soft butter
 * ⅔ cup sugar
 * 2 egg yolks
 * 1¼ cups flour
 * ¼ teaspoon salt
 * 2½ teaspoons baking powder
 * ½ cup milk
 * 1 teaspoon vanilla
 * 2 egg whites
 * 1½ cups cherries — cooked and pitted

Directions

 * 1) Cream butter and sugar.
 * 2) Beat in the egg yolks.
 * 3) Sift together 3 times the flour, salt and baking powder.
 * 4) Add flour alternately with the milk to the creamed mixture, beating after each addition.
 * 5) Add the vanilla.
 * 6) Beat egg whites stiff and fold in.
 * 7) Drain the cherries.
 * 8) Place them in a buttered spring-form cake pan.
 * 9) Pour the batter over them.
 * 10) Swish the batter with a fork to distribute cherries through the cake.
 * 11) Bake 35 to 40 minutes in a preheated 375ºF oven.