SWEET STORY CAKE for Valentine's Day: Vintage Recipe and Ad

Here's a great 1948 Vintage Spry Ad for a "Sweet Story Cake" It's perfect for Valentine's Day! "Every Cake Rates a Kiss"   FYI: Spry was similar to Crisco.

SWEET STORY CAKE

Ingredients

• For Cake:
• 2½ cups sifted cake flour
• 1½ cups of sugar
• 3½ teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ½ cup shortening
• ¾ cup milk
• ¼ cup maraschino cherry juice
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 teaspoons almond extract
• 4 egg whites, unbeaten
• 18 maraschino cherries, well drained and finely chopped
• ½ cup walnuts or pecans, finely chopped
• For Frosting: (I doubled this)
• 2 Tablespoons shortening
• 2 Tablespoons butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• ½ teaspoon almond extract
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 4 cups sifted confectioner's sugar
• 9 Tablespoons scalded cream
• Red or pink food coloring

Directions

1. For Cake:
2. Sift flour, sugar, baking powder and salt into mixing bowl. Drop in shortening. Combine milk and maraschino cherry juice and add ¾ cup of this liquid. Add flavoring extracts and mix with mixer on low for 2 minutes (100 strokes by hand).
3. Add remaining liquid and egg whites and beat for another 2 minutes. Fold in cherries and nuts. Bake in two 9-inch pans or two heart-shaped pans at 375 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes. (If you pour all the batter in one pan, bake at 350 degrees for 45-50 minutes)
4. When cool, cut layers with heart shaped pattern, if you didn't use a heart-shaped pan. Spread with frosting, and outline a short Valentine's message with a toothpick and fill in letters and outline of cake with sugar pearls.
5. For Frosting:
6. Combine shortening, butter, flavorings and salt and blend well. Beat in ½ cup sugar. Add hot cream alternating with remaining sugar, beating well after each addition. Add only enough cream to make a nice spreading consistency. Add a few drops of red or pink food coloring to tint frosting a delicate pink before spreading on cake.