Cherry Pound Cake

Seasonal favorite with red and green glaced cherries.

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup white sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 tsp almond flavor
• 1 tsp lemon flavor
• 1 cup green glaced cherries
• 1 cup red glaced cherries
• 2 tsp lemon rind

Directions

• Combine and beat together 1 cup butter, 1 cup white sugar, and 3 eggs. Add eggs slowly and beat together one at a time.
• Continue beating until mixture becomes fluffy.
• Add 1/2 tsp salt, 1 tsp vanilla, 1 tsp almond and 1 tsp lemon flavoring and mix.
• Fold in the 1 cup each of red and green glaced cherries.

Bake at 300 degrees for 1 hour in a 10x5 loaf pan.

After baking, coat top with 2 tsp grated lemon rind.

Source: Cheryl Denton