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Ingredients
| granulated sugar: 1 cup |
| salted butter: 1 cup |
| eggs: 2 |
| orange juice: 1/2 cup |
| all-purpose flour (unsifted): 2 cups |
| baking powder: 1 tsp |
| sultana raisins (sultanas): 12 oz |
| red candied cherries: 8 oz (halved) |
Cherry Cake
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User rating:
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Prep Time
15 min -
Cook Time
150 min -
Servings
1 serving(s)
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- Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
- Grease and line with parchment paper one 9x5 inch loaf pan.
- Cream butter or margarine and sugar together until light and fluffy.
- Add beaten eggs and orange juice and mix well.
- Sift flour and baking powder.
- 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).
- Add flour mixture to batter and blend.
- Add floured raisins and cherries to dough and mix until just combined.
- Pour batter into prepared pan.
- Bake at 300 degrees F (150 degrees C) for 2-1/2 hours.
- Don't serve until several days old.
- Wrap the cake in plastic wrap or foil and store in a sealed tin.