- Yield: 1 or 2 loaves
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 45 to 60 minutes
- Serving: For Family
CHERRY LOAF
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If you are looking for a recipe for homemade cherry loaf for a special occasion or just to have with a cup of tea.
You are in the right place, so make yourself a cup of tea and sit back and watch our short video tutorial to make yours today...
Plus our recipe is posted below!!
The main ingredient is Halved Glacé Cherries or Maraschino Cherries if you don't have the baking ones available in your market.
After you creamed together the butter and sugar, add almond extract and one egg at a time until combined.
Not much work to making this cherry loaf and it's a lovely way to spend time with your family by baking together for special occasions. Continue on to more info and our recipe and of course the video tutorial to enjoy!!
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Ingredients
- Butter or margarine - 1 cup or less
- Eggs - 2 large
- All - purpose flour - 2½ cups
- Evaporated Milk - 1 cup or more
- Cherries - 1 cup, halved glace or maraschino
- Sugar - ½ cup
- Almond extract - 1 tsp
- Baking powder - 2 tsp
- Sea salt - ½ tsp
Instructions
Cream together butter and sugar.
Mix in almond extract.
Add eggs one at a time, mix well until light and fluffy.
In another bowl sift or mix together flour, baking powder and sea salt.
Fold dry ingredients with creamed mixture, don't over mix, then slowly alternate room temp milk to your mixture with dry ingredients until creamy.
Fold cherries that have been rolled in flour to your batter. Grease one or two loaf pans, or pans of choice. Take a few red or green cherries and put on the top of the batter before putting it in the oven.
Bake in a 350°F, Preheated oven for 45 minutes to 1 hour depending on your oven, before removing from your oven check the cake first with a toothpick if it comes out dry it's done if wet close oven door and leave for another five minutes or so . Don't over bake your cherry loaf , this will make your cake dry.
Bonita’s Tips:
Remove cake from your oven let sit in loaf pan for 5 to 10 minutes before removing it from the pan.
You may need to run a knife around the sides to remove from pan if stuck.
Use room temperature milk.
Use vanilla if you don’t like almond extract.
Cream Cheese Icing:
Recipe:
2 cups confectionary sugar ½ cup soft butter, margarine or shortening
½ tsp vanilla or almond extract 3 Tbsp milk or cream, more if needed
2 tbsp cream cheese
Method:
In a mixing bowl add cream cheese, butter, milk and vanilla, mix together and slowly add the confectionary sugar until a nice soft texture. Add more milk or cream if needed.
When finished spread over the top of your cherry loaf.
Allergens
Years ago here in Newfoundland and Labrador our elders would make this loaf and many fruit cakes for Christmas time and special occasions.
I like to keep those traditions alive now for my family and sharing our recipes with you our viewers.
Only a light folding of the flour coated cherries is enough before you scoop the batter in to one loaf pan or two small loaf pans.
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