Cherry And Vanilla Cake

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 (18 1/4 ounce) package cake mix
• 1/3 cup oil
• 1/2 cup water
• 2 -3 eggs, depending on instructions on box of cake mix
• 2 (10 ounce) jars maraschino cherries (1 jar has to be cherries with stems)
• 3/4 cup maraschino juice
• 1 vanilla bean

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to box directions.
• 2 drain the cherries reserving juice; chop cherries in half and reserve.
• 3 prepare cake mix according to box directions, adding water and cherry juice to equal the amount of liquid needed for cake mix. (in my case, the amount of water called for on the box was 1 1/4 cup i substituted 3/4 cup cherry juice and 1/2 cup water instead)
• 4 fold the cherries and pecans into the cake mix; folding by hand.
• 5 pour mix into 2 round cake pans and bake in preheated oven.
• 6 when cake has completely cooled, frost; serve and keep unused portions in refrigerator.