Ingredients

  • 1 (16 ounce) bottle red maraschino cherries
  • 4 cups sifted flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 1/2 cups margarine
  • 2 cups white sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 1 teaspoon lemon extract
  • 1 teaspoon almond extract
  • 1 cup milk

Method

  • Preheat oven to 325.
  • Drain cherries & dry thoroughly.
  • Sift flour, baking powder.
  • Coat cherries with a little of this dry mixture.
  • Beat butter& sugar together until light& fluffy.
  • Add eggs one at a time beating well after each addition.
  • add flavouring.
  • Stir in remaining flour mixture alternately with milk.
  • When smoothly blended add the cherries stirring them in.
  • scrape into a well greased tube pan.
  • Bake about 2 hours or until cake is set.
  • Test with toothpick.
  • cool before removing from pan.