1 stick of butter
1 and 1/2 cup sugar
cream together.
add 2 eggs and beat.
add 1/2 c of juice from a jar of maraschino cherries
and
1/2 c of milk.
stir, and add 20 chopped cherries
and 1 large box vanilla pudding mix.
and 3 cups of self-rising flour.
Bake at 350 for 20 minutes or so, until it's not jiggly
FROSTING:
vegetable shortening
powdered sugar
remaining cherries and juice
1 tsp vanilla
and milk
in whatever quantities you need to frost your cake and have gooey leftovers to lick off the beaters
(I'm a horrible recipe person - I just throw stuff in until it tastes right. But this was yummy, so I wanted to try to share!)