Cherry Pudding - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. sugar
2 rounded tsp. baking powder
vanilla
butter (size of an egg)
1 c. milk
1 tsp. salt
3 or 3 1/2 c. flour (for stiff batter)

Preparation

Mix well and put in a greased pan about the size of a number 8 skillet.
Over this, put drained cherries from can.
To juice, add enough water to make 2 cups.
To this, add 1 3/4 cups sugar, 1 teaspoon salt and dash of nutmeg.
Let raise to a boil and pour over batter and cherries.
Bake about 45 minutes.
Do not try to remove from pan until ready to serve.
Make this of berries and peaches, too.
Before baking it looks like a hopeless mess, but try it.