Beer Cake
- 2 cups sugar
- 2/3 cup margarine
- 2 squares unsweetened baking chocolate (melted)
- 2 eggs
- 2 1/4 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 cup beer
- 3/4 cup buttermilk
- 8 oz maraschino cherries (cut up)
- 1/4 cup cherry juice
- 1/2 cup nutmeats
Cream sugar and margarine. Add melted chocolate and eggs and continue beating. Sift together flour and soda.
Alternately add flour mixture, buttermilk and beer in that order – at least 4 times, always ending up with the beer. Add the cut up cherries, juice and nuts.
Bake greased 9×13 inch pan at 350 degrees for 40 minutes.