grandma jackie's valentine cake

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 (18.25 ounce) package white cake mix
• 1 (4 ounce) jar maraschino cherries
• 3/4 cup chopped pecans
• 1 (16 ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed

Recipe

• drain the cherries reserving juice; chop cherries and reserve.
• prepare cake mix according to box directions, adding water to the reserved cherry juice to equal the amount of liquid needed for cake mix.
• preheat oven to box directions.
• fold the cherries and pecans into the cake mix; stirring by hand. pour mix into 2 round cake pans and bake in preheated oven.
• when cake has completely cooled, frost with whipped topping; serve and keep unused portions in refrigerator.