Cherry Tea Bread

This bread is delicious!!

Preheat oven to 350f.

Sift the 2 cups flour , 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.

all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cherries in juice, unsalted butter, sugar, honey, eggs