Cherry Tea Bread

This bread is delicious!

• Ready In: 1 hr 27 mins
• Serves: 8-10
• Yields: 8-10 slices

Ingredients

• 2 1⁄4 cups all-purpose flour (reserve 1/4 cup of this for flouring the cherries)
• 1  teaspoon baking powder
• 3⁄4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1⁄4 cups  sweet  cherries in juice, drained
• 8  tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
• 3⁄4 cup sugar
• 1⁄4 cup honey
• 2  large eggs

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Sift the 2 cups flour (set aside reserved 1/4 cup for cherries), baking powder, baking soda, and salt together into a bowl.
3. In a second bowl, toss the cherries with the reserved 1/4 cup flour.
4. In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream the butter until it is light and fluffy; add the sugar and honey gradually, beating the mixture until it is very light.
5. Add the eggs, one at a time.
6. With mixer at lowest speed, add the flour mixture.
7. Fold the floured cherries into the batter.
8. Turn the batter into a buttered and floured loaf pan, approximately 9 x 5 x 3 inches.
9. Bake the bread in the center of the oven for 1 hour.
10. Cool the loaf for 15 minutes in the pan; unmold the bread on a rack to cool completely.
11. Wrap the cherry bread loaf in plastic wrap and keep for a day before serving for best flavor.