Categories: Beverages, Cakes, Desserts 
      Yield: 8 servings 
  
      3 c  Sugar 
    1/2 lb Butter 
    1/2 c  Vegetable Shortening 
      6    Eggs; Large 
      3 c  Cake Flour; Sifted 
      7 oz Fresca; Soda Pop 
      1 t  Baking Powder 
      1 t  Vanilla Extract 
      1 T  Lemon Rind; Grated 
      1 T  Lime Rind; Grated 
 
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      2    Egg Whites; Large 
      1 c  Sugar 
      1 T  ;Water 
      2 T  Maraschino Cherry Juice 
      1 T  Light Corn Syrup 
    1/4 t  Cream Of Tartar 
     10    Maraschino Cherries; Chopped 
  
  Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.  Cream together sugar, 
  butter and shortening.  Add eggs, one at a time, 
  beating well after each addition. Add flour and Fresca 
  alternately.  Add baking powder and when mixture is 
  fully creamed, add vanilla and fruit rinds.  Pour into 
  greased and floured 9 X 13-inch Cake Pan.  Bake 1 hour 
  or until cake tester comes out clean. FROSTING: 
  Mix all ingredients except cherries and beat 
  constantly while heating in the top of a double 
  boiler.  When thoroughly mixed, thick, and spreadable, 
  frost cake.  Decorate top of cake with chopped 
  maraschino cherries. NOTE: 
  Since Fresca is available only in limited areas if at 
  all, 7-up may be a good substitution, or any 
  lemon-lime drink.  Also, since the problem with the 
  cherries has been resolved with a different food 
  coloring, you may use the new ones or use gum drops 
  instead for the garnish.  Syrup from a can of dark 
  cherries might be substituted for the Maraschino 
  cherry syrup.