maraschino cherry cake

this is like a pound cake so it is very filling for lunches

• Ready In: 2 hrs 30 mins
• Serves: 16

Ingredients

• 1 (16 ounce) bottle red maraschino cherries
• 4  cups  sifted flour
• 2  teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1⁄2 cups margarine
• 2  cups white sugar
• 4  eggs
• 2  teaspoons vanilla
• 1  teaspoon  lemon extract
• 1  teaspoon  almond extract
• 1  cup milk

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 325.
2. Drain cherries & dry thoroughly.
3. Sift flour, baking powder.
4. Coat cherries with a little of this dry mixture.
5. Beat butter& sugar together until light& fluffy.
6. Add eggs one at a time beating well after each addition.
7. add flavouring.
8. Stir in remaining flour mixture alternately with milk.
9. When smoothly blended add the cherries stirring them in.
10. scrape into a well greased tube pan.
11. Bake about 2 hours or until cake is set.
12. Test with toothpick.
13. cool before removing from pan.