Moist Cherry Loaf Cake

An easy cherry pound loaf cake recipe with no almonds.

Author -Shrilatha

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Servings slices

Course Breakfast, Dessert, Snack

Cuisine American, Britain Cuisine, World Cuisine

Prep Time 15

Cook/Bake Time 45

Ingredients

125 grams butter
125 gram granulated sugar
150 grams all purpose flour (plain flour )
¾ tsp baking powder
¼ tsp salt
2 large eggs
100 grams candied cherries (glaced cherries )
1 tsp vanilla extract (or kirsch liqueur or amaretto )
3 tbsp whole milk

Instructions

Always room temperature ingredients, so butter and eggs out of the refrigerator atleast 1 to 2 hours before baking
Measure ingredients. Grease and line a loaf pan 8x4 inch. Preheat oven at 170°c/340°f
In a small bowl, add all purpose flour baking powder and salt, whisk and set aside
In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar, using an electric beater. Beat for atleast 3 mins until fluffy and sugar is dissolved
then add egg, beating well after adding each egg. Add in your flavouring, vanilla extract or kirsch or amaretto Beat well for atleast 1 min, until well mixed
add in the flour, beat again for a minute. Add the milk or kirsch Then fold in the cherries well with a spatula.
Transfer batter to the prepared loaf pan. Bake for about 45 mins or until a skewer inserted comes out clean.
Cooling - Let the cake rest in the pan for 10 mins and then remove from the pan and let it cool completely before slicing.

Notes

Always Room temperature ingredients

Using Weighing Scale Only For this recipe, I have used the weighing scale and the recipe turns out just perfect with these measurements. Now to have it convert, it will give out odd cup measurements. However you can still access the cup measurement in the recipe card

Bake slow and longer - for a uniform baking. This pound cake is dense and takes longer to bake, to help it stay moist, bake slow and longer, this trick works like a charm

To prevent the crust from over browning, remove the cake from the oven almost after ¾ of baking time, cover with a silver foil and put it back in the oven. and let it bake completely

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Nutrition

Serving: 1 sliceCalories: 202 kcalCarbohydrates: 27 gProtein: 3 gFat: 10 gSaturated Fat: 6 gCholesterol: 54 mgFiber: 1 gSugar: 15 gIron: 1 mg

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