Easy Lord Baltimore Cake

Ingredient
1 pack 2-layer-size yellow cake mix
1 teaspoon Orange extract
1 cup Sugar
1 teaspoon Cream of tartar
1 cup Water
dash Salt
3 Egg whites
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1 cup Crumbled soft coconut macaroons (3 cookies)
1 cup Chopped pecans
1 cup Chopped, drained, marachino cherries

CAKE FROSTING Prepare cake mix according to package directions EXCEPT add orange extract. Divide batter into three greased and floured 9" round baking pans. Bake at 350 F 14-16 minutes. Cool 10 minutes, remove layers from pans. Cool on racks Mix sugar, cream of tartar,water and salt. Bring to boiling, stir until sugar is dissolved. SLOWLY add sugar to egg whites, beat with electric mixer until stiff peaks form, about 7 minutes. Beat in vanilla. To 2 cups of frosting add remaining ingredients. Spread first layer of cake with half of the fruit frosting, cover with second layer. Spread with remaining fruit mixture. Top with third layer. Frost entire cake with remaining plain frosting. Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V4 #2 by Beynong@... on Jan 3, 1999