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unsalted butter flour baking powder sugar eggs orange juice honey cherry liqueur cherries black walnuts
Viewed: 103 - Published at: 7 years agoIngredients
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, in pieces, plus butter for greasing pan
- 2 cups flour, sifted
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 1/4 cup orange juice
- 1/4 cup honey, prefarably cherry blossom
- 2 tablespoons cherry liqueur
- 1 1/2 cups pitted, halved fresh cherries, preferably Montmorency (see note)
- 1 tablespoon grated orange peel
- 1/2 cup chopped black walnuts or pecans
Method
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- Butter a loaf pan 8 by 4 by 2 inches.
- Sift the flour, baking powder and sugar into a bowl.
- Cut in the butter in a food processor, or use a fork, two knives or a pastry blender.
- Mix the eggs, orange juice, honey and cherry liqueur together and stir in.
- Fold in the cherries, orange peel and nuts.
- Spread batter into pan.
- Bake about 1 hour and 15 minutes, until nicely browned and cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Allow to cool completely before removing from the pan and slicing.
