My Grandmother's Recipe Box

Here is the 2nd recipe from my grandmother's recipe box.   Some of these must be lost recipes because no one in the family remembered Aunt Grace's Orange Cake.   I also don't recognize the handwriting on this recipe so I wonder who wrote it, but it was in the recipe box. Maraschino cherries in this recipe seems like an interesting choice but the cherries give the batter a nice pink color. This recipe also calls for the icing to be put on the hot cake - seems to be a trend.     This cake/cookie bar definitely has a taste that seems nostalgic. Happy Mother's Day Mom, Grandma, Grandma Dawn, Mom Marinich.      

Here is my 1st installment from My Grandmother's Recipe Box.      I took a few liberties with the recipe based on what I had on hand, but I am pretty sure that my grandmother would have approved. I substituted cranberries for raisins and only had about 1/3 of a cup instead of 1 full cup.   I don't care for raisins and I like the orange and cranberry flavors together.  The smaller amount of cranberries worked just fine. Here is the mixture after all of the ingredients have been added, I used all purpose flour rather than cake flour, but I think that is probably authentic to how my grandmother made it because I do not recall her cooking with cake flour which was probably more expensive The cake before and after the oven.  The glaze that is put on the hot cake seems like it might add to much sweetness with one cup of sugar, but it does not.   Also - the mixture pools on top when you first put in on the cake, but no worries, it...