Grandma's Whipped Cream Icing

• 1 cup Crisco
• 34 cup extra finely granulated sugar
• 12 cup evaporated milk
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 12 teaspoons almond extract
• 13 cup maraschino cherry
• 14 cup chopped almonds

1. Blend together first five ingredients until smooth and fluffy.
2. In small bowl, combine 1 cup frosting and about half of the cherries (chopped) and half of the almonds.
3. Use this frosting to frost the top of one 9" cake.
4. Place the other cake on top, frost with remaining frosting, and decorate with remaining cherries and almonds.

crisco, sugar, milk, butter, almond, maraschino cherry, almonds

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/grandmas-whipped-cream-icing-71128 (may not work)