Cherry loaf

Fairlady
10 servings
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Fruit

By Food24 November 03 2009
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Ingredients (7)

250.00 g butter
300.00 g castor sugar
1.00 lemon — large, zest only
5.00 eggs — large, seperated
150.00 g flour — self-raising
500.00 g glacé cherries
icing sugar — to decorate
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Method:

Preheat oven to 180 ºC. Grease a 23 cm long loaf pan.
Cream butter and castor sugar in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Add lemon peel and egg yolks and mix well. Sift flour and fold into creamed mixture. Stir in cherries.
In a clean bowl, whisk egg whites until soft peaks form. Fold into flour mixture.
Pour into prepared pan and bake for 40 to 50 minutes, or until a skewer inserted in centre comes out clean.
Dust with icing sugar. Slice and serve with whipped butter.



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