George Washington Molasses Cherry Cake
Created by dienia b on July 4, 2025
- Servings: 8
- Prep Time: 40m
- Cook Time: 30m
- Recipe #44811
Ingredients
- 4 egg whites, beaten stiff
- Creamed
- 3/4 cup butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 4 egg yolks
- 1/2 cup sorghum molasses
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 1/2 teaspoons almond flavoring
- Dry
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup walnuts, chopped
- 1/3 cup maraschino cherries, chopped
How to Make
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Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
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Step 2: Beat egg whites stiff.
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Step 3: Grease and wax paper 2 - 8 inch round pans, pam spray them.
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Step 4: In mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar.
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Step 5: Add egg yolks, almond flavoring and sorghum molasses.
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Step 6: In another bowl, sift (whisk) flour, salt and baking powder.
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Step 7: Add walnuts.
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Step 8: Add alternately with milk.
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Step 9: Mix in cherries.
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Step 10: Mix in egg whites gently.
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Step 11: Pour into prepared pans.
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Step 12: Bake for 30 minutes or until just done.
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Step 13: Cool, pull off waxed paper; and they said frost with 7 minute frosting, a go to in the 1950s. plus baking powder. George didn't have it lol
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (252.9 g)
- Calories 878
- Total Fat - 57 g
- Saturated Fat - 23.6 g
- Cholesterol - 1365.7 mg
- Sodium - 510.4 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 68.4 g
- Dietary Fiber - 5.4 g
- Sugars - 27.5 g
- Protein - 27.4 g
- Calcium - 331.2 mg
- Iron - 5.8 mg
- Vitamin C - 0.3 mg
- Thiamin - 0.5 mg