Kolette's Recipe: Checkerboard Cake

Kolette's Recipe: Checkerboard Cake was pinched from <a href="http://www.cbs.com/shows/american-baking-competition/recipe-blog/1000814/" target="_blank">www.cbs.com.</a>
INGREDIENTS
6 cups flour
- 3 Tbsp baking powder
- 1 ½ tsp salt
- 4 1⁄2 sticks unsalted butter
- 4 1⁄2 cups sugar
- 1 vanilla bean
- 3 cup low fat 1% milk
- 15 large egg whites
- 2 drops cherry extract - Lorann oils 2 drops pistachio extract - Lorann oils
- 2 drops AmeriColor super red #120 soft gel paste food color
- 2 drops AmeriColor mint green #112 soft gel paste food color
- 1 cup Maraschino cherries
- 2 cups shelled pistachios
- 2/3 cups plus 1 Tbsp Heavy cream
- 3⁄4 cup confectioners’ sugar
- 6- 8 oz cream cheese
- 1 ⅛ cup unsalted butter
- 3 ¾ cups confectioners’ sugar
- 4 ½ tsp vanilla
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