1 can sour pie cherries
2 tsp. baking soda
2 eggs
2 c. flour
2 c. sugar
1 c. chopped nuts

SAUCE:

1 can sour pie cherries
Juice from 1st can cherries
1/3 c. sugar
1/8 tsp. nutmeg
1/8 tsp. salt

Drain 1 can cherries and keep juice for sauce. Add soda to drained cherries, mix and let stand (they turn grey). Beat eggs, adding sugar, flour, chopped nuts and cherries, mixed with soda. Mix well. Pour in 9 x 13 inch pan in which you have melted 1 tablespoon butter. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Cook sauce ingredients until thick, stirring constantly. Stir in 2 tablespoons butter.

Serve cool but not cold. I always serve it in squares with the sauce, whipped cream and a maraschino cherry and a holly leaf on top.