INGREDIENTS

8 ounces plain flour
6 ounces butter
6 ounces caster sugar
6 ounces glace cherries (halved)
2 medium eggs
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 pinch salt
3 drops vanilla essence

DIRECTIONS

Cream butter and sugar together.
Add eggs and beat well.
Seive flour, baking powder and salt together and fold into the mixture.
Gently stir in the cherries and vanilla.
Grease and line a 2lb loaf tin and pour the mixture into it.
Bake at 180C (350F / gas mark 4) for 1 hour.