Christmas Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 lb. butter
1 lb. confectioners sugar
5 eggs, room temperature
2 c. walnuts, coarsely chopped
2 tsp. vanilla
1 (12 oz.) jar maraschino cherries
3 c. flour

Preparation

Cream butter and sugar.
Add eggs one at a time.
Add flour and vanilla.
Blend well.
Fold in nuts and cherries.
(Roll cherries in flour first to avoid sinking.)
Pour into a greased and floured tube pan.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 20 minutes, then lower to 325\u00b0 and bake one hour.