Sunday 15 July 2007

Cherry Cake


175g plain flour
175g butter
2tsp baking powder
175g caster sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
3 medium eggs
225g cherries

Preheat the oven to gas 5. Line a 2lb loaf tin.

Cream together the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy. Beat in vanilla extract and eggs. Fold in flour, add cherries.

Turn the mixture into the prepared tin and bake for at least 1 hour 10 minutes, or until risen, well browned and slightly shrunk away from the sides of the tin.

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