Cherry Tea Bread - cooking recipe

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

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F.
Sift the 2 cups flour (set aside reserved 1/4 cup for cherries), baking powder, baking soda, and salt together into a bowl.
In a second bowl, toss the cherries with the reserved 1/4 cup flour.
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.
Add the eggs, one at a time.
With mixer at lowest speed, add the flour mixture.
Fold the floured cherries into the batter.
Turn the batter into a buttered and floured loaf pan, approximately 9 x 5 x 3 inches.
Bake the bread in the center of the oven for 1 hour.
Cool the loaf for 15 minutes in the pan; unmold the bread on a rack to cool completely.
Wrap the cherry bread loaf in plastic wrap and keep for a day before serving for best flavor.