Cherry Cake

Total Time: 2 hrs 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup butter
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup orange juice
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 12 ounces sultana raisins
• 8 ounces halved glace cherries

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 300 degrees f (150 degrees c).
• 2 grease and line with parchment paper one 9x5 inch loaf pan.
• 3 cream butter or margarine and sugar together until light and fluffy.
• 4 add beaten eggs and orange juice and mix well.
• 5 sift flour and baking powder.
• 6 reserve 1/3 cup of flour mixture and toss with raisins and cherries (this will keep them from sinking to the bottom of the cake).
• 7 add flour mixture to batter and blend.
• 8 add floured raisins and cherries to dough and mix until just combined.
• 9 pour batter into prepared pan.
• 10 bake at 300 degrees f (150 degrees c) for 2-1/2 hours.
• 11 don't serve until several days old.
• 12 wrap the cake in plastic wrap or foil and store in a sealed tin.