Cherry Tea Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 27 mins Preparation Time: 7 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 20 mins

Ingredients

• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour (reserve 1/4 cup of this for flouring the cherries)
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/4 cups sweet cherries in juice, drained
• 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup honey
• 2 large eggs

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 sift the 2 cups flour (set aside reserved 1/4 cup for cherries), baking powder, baking soda, and salt together into a bowl.
• 3 in a second bowl, toss the cherries with the reserved 1/4 cup flour.
• 4 in the bowl of an electric mixer, cream the butter until it is light and fluffy; add the sugar and honey gradually, beating the mixture until it is very light.
• 5 add the eggs, one at a time.
• 6 with mixer at lowest speed, add the flour mixture.
• 7 fold the floured cherries into the batter.
• 8 turn the batter into a buttered and floured loaf pan, approximately 9 x 5 x 3 inches.
• 9 bake the bread in the center of the oven for 1 hour.
• 10 cool the loaf for 15 minutes in the pan; unmold the bread on a rack to cool completely.
• 11 wrap the cherry bread loaf in plastic wrap and keep for a day before serving for best flavor.