YUMMY CHERRY CAKE

This recipe has been handed down to me from my Mum.  It is one of Head Gardener's favourites.

Ingredients

350g self-raising flour

Pinch salt

175g butter or margarine

175g caster sugar

125g glace cherries – halved or quartered

½ lemon – rind

2 eggs

1 tbsp milk

Pre-heat the oven to 180C Gas 4.

Sieve the flour and salt in a bowl and add the butter or margarine.  Rub together to make fine breadcrumbs.

Add the sugar, cherries and lemon rind.  Stir well.

Beat the eggs and work into the mixture.

Add a little milk at a time to make a dropping consistency.

Spoon into a greased/lined 900g loaf tin.

Bake for approx. 1 hour or until golden brown and cooked through.

Remove from tin and allow to cool on a wire rack.

Notes

• Sprinkle cake with demerara sugar before cooking.

• If you like almonds, add 1 tbsp ground almonds to the mixture and also sprinkle with a few flaked almonds before cooking.

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