Cherry-Raisin Loaf
- 2 cups all-purpose flour (sifted)
- ½ cup sugar
- pinch salt
- ½ tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ cup butter
- ½ cup seedless raisins
- 1 cup maraschino cherries (coarsely cut)
- 2 egg yolks (beaten)
- ½ cup buttermilk
Combine dry ingredients.
Cut in butter as for pastry.
Add fruit, mixing throughly.
Add egg yolks.
Slowly add buttermilk, mixing to form a stiff batter.
Pour into butter 8"x4½"x2½" loaf pan.
Bake in preheated 350° oven for 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into center comes out clean and loaf begins to pull away from sides of pan.
Cool 15 minutes in pan; turn out onto wire rack
