Ingredients:
| Cake: | |
| 3 cups | Flour |
| 2 tsp | Baking Soda |
| ½ tsp | Salt |
| ¾ cup | Butter |
| 2 cups | Sugar |
| 2 | Eggs, lightly beaten |
| 2 oz | Chocolate, melted |
| ½ tsp | Vanilla |
| 1 cup | Cold Beer |
| ¾ cup | Buttermilk |
| 1 | (10-ounce) Jar Maraschino Cherries, drained and chopped, reserve juice (should be about ⅔ cup |
| ¾ cup | Chopped Walnuts |
| Frosting: | |
| 2 Tbsp | Cocoa |
| 2 Tbsp | Butter |
| 2 Tbsp | Karo Syrup |
| 3 Tbsp | Beer |
| 1 tsp | Vanilla |
| dash | Salt |
| 2 cups | Powdered Sugar |
Directions:
For cake:
Sift flour, soda, and salt together; set aside. In large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar until fluffy; add eggs, melted chocolate and vanilla. Add sifted dry ingredients alternately with beer, buttermilk, and reserved cherry juice. Add cherries and nuts. Bake at 350 degrees in a greased and floured 9 x 13 inch cake pan for 35-40 minutes or until cake tester comes out clean. Cool cake completely.
For frosting:
Mix all ingredients together except powdered sugar, then add powdered sugar. Beat with electric mixer until smooth. Spread evenly over cake.
