Christmas Cherry Cake

3 Reviews

“This is a lovely white cake with cherries and raisins added for those of you who don't want to go to the trouble of making fruit cakes. This freezes well.” - by Carol

Ingredients

1 cup white sugar
1 cup butter
2 eggs
1/2 cup orange juice
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
12 ounces raisins
8 ounces halved glace cherries

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Original recipe yields 1 - 9 x 5 inch loaf pan

Directions

Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease and line with parchment paper one 9x5 inch loaf pan.
Cream butter or margarine and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add beaten eggs and orange juice and mix well.
Sift flour and baking powder. Reserve 1/3 cup of flour mixture and toss with raisins and cherries (this will keep them from sinking to the bottom of the cake). Add flour mixture to batter and blend. Add floured raisins and cherries to dough and mix until just combined. Pour batter into prepared pan.
Bake at 300 degrees F (150 degrees C) for 2-1/2 hours. Don't serve until several days old. Wrap the cake in plastic wrap or foil and store in a sealed tin.

Nutrition

Amount Per Serving (12 total)

Calories
423 cal
21%

Fat
16.5 g
25%

Carbs
67.7 g
22%

Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

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Reviews (3)

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THOMASOTTO

Dec. 22, 2003

"This is an insanely good cake. Very easy to make and it really does get better after a few days. It is also good chilled. Keep an eye on the baking time...." See more"

carolyn

Oct. 21, 2005

"i think the baking time for this has been wrong cause when i made it the cake was burnt and that was with an hour still to go according to the recipe...." See more"