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Cherry-Raisin Loaf slash cake thing

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
  1. Combine dry ingredients.

  2. Cut in butter as for pastry.

  3. Add fruit, mixing throughly.

  4. Add egg yolks.

  5. Slowly add buttermilk, mixing to form a stiff batter.

  6. Pour into butter 8"x4½"x2½" loaf pan.

  7. 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.

  8. Cool 15 minutes in pan; turn out onto wire rack

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