This recipe comes from the Farmyard Tales cookbook. I have fond memories of making this cake with mom. It is a very sweet loaf with a buttery almond crumb, dotted with juicy cherries.
Mrs. Boot's Cherry Loaf
Ingredients:
- 5 oz marashino cherries (about 1/2 cup)
- 1 1/4 cup flour
- 3/4 cup butter, softened
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 oz almonds, finely chopped
- almond extract
- vanilla
- 3 eggs
Directions:
- Cut cherries into quarters. Strain them with water so they don't dye the bread pink. Pat dry on a paper towel.
- Grease and flour loaf pan.
- Sift flour into a bowl. Add butter, sugar, almonds, and eggs.
- Beat until light and fluffy. Gently fold in cherries.
- Scrape the mixture into the loaf pan, smooth out the top with spatula.
- Bake at 350 for 80 minutes until it rises and turns golden. Let sit for a few minutes and then turn onto wire rack. Let cool (I put it in the freezer to speed this up) and then serve chilled.
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