Rolled Cherry Upside Down Cake

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 350F.

2. 2

   Melt butter in a oblong shallow cake pan; add half the sugar and cover with cherries mixed with the remaining sugar and flour.

3. 3

   Set in oven to heat while preparing cake batter.

4. 4

   Beat egg whites stiffly and carefully fold in sugar and flour, which have been well mixed.

5. 5

   Add vanilla and salt; fold in egg yolks which have been beaten until light and lemon colored.

6. 6

   Spread cake batter over hot cherries and bake for 30 minutes or until cake springs back when gently pressed with fingertips.

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   Let cool one minute; turn out, upside down, on a waxed paper dusted with confectioners' sugar.

8. 8

   Roll up at once like a jelly roll.

9. 9

   Cool until just warm, slice and serve with a creamy custard sauce or whipped cream.

10. 10

    This dessert does not improve with standing.

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