Submitted by Mary Scodeller, Great Lakes Energy

• 1 1/3 cups sifted all-purpose flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup cocoa
• 1 teaspoon soda
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 2/3 cup soft shortening
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup evaporated milk
• 1/4 cup water
• 2 tablespoons maraschino cherry syrup
• 1/2 cup cut-up maraschino cherries

Turn on oven and set to 350 F. For glass pan, use 325 F. Grease bottom of an 8-inch square pan. Sift flour, sugar, cocoa, soda, and salt into a 2-quart bowl. Add shortening, egg, and evaporated milk to dry ingredients in bowl. Beat hard 2 1/2 minutes with electric mixer at medium speed, or with mixing spoon. Add water and cherry syrup and beat hard one minute longer. Stir in cut-up cherries. Put into prepared pan. Bake on center rack of oven 45-50 minutes, or until cake pulls from sides of pan. Remove from oven. Let stand in pan 10 minutes before turning out to cool. If desired, cool and frost in pan.