Recipe

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• 8 oz plain flour
• 6 oz butter
• 6 oz caster sugar
• 6 oz glace cherries (halved )
• 2 medium eggs
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1 pinch salt
• 3 drops vanilla essence

• 1 Cream butter and sugar together.
• 2 Add eggs and beat well.
• 3 Sieve flour, baking powder and salt together and fold into the mixture.
• 4 Gently stir in the cherries and vanilla.
• 5 Grease and line a 2 lb loaf tin and pour the mixture into it.
• 6 Bake at 180°C (350°F / gas mark 4) for 1 hour.