Cherry Pie Cake

Ingredients

• 1 cup unsalted butter (room temperature)
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 6 egg whites
• 1 jar cherry juice (from the bottle of maraschino cherries (listed below))
• ¾ cup milk
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tsp almond extract
• ¼ cup vegetable oil
• 1 jar (10z maraschino cherries, roughly chopped and divided in half)
• 3 cups cake flour
• 1 tbsp baking powder
• ½ tsp salt
• red food coloring
• 2 cups unsalted butter (room temperature)
• 2-3 drops graham cracker flavoring
• 4 ½ cups confectioner’s sugar
• ¼ cup cherry jam
• brown (yellow and red food coloring)
• 2 cups cherry pie filling