Cherry Bread
Ingredients
½ cup vegetable oil
½ cup sour cream
½ tsp salt
½ cup milk
¾ cup granulated sugar
1 tsp almond extract
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 large eggs
¼ cup maraschino cherry juice, from the jar
½ tsp salt
1 ½ tsp baking powder
2 cups flour
Glaze:
1 cup Powdered Sugar
2 ½ tbsp heavy cream
½ tsp almond extract
Maraschino juice
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350*
In a large mixing bowl, combine the sugar, almond extract, vanilla, vegetable oil, milk and cherry juice. Add in the eggs and sour cream
Whisk to combine well
In a separate bowl combine the flour, salt, and the baking powder.
Drain the cherries but save the juice.
Roughly chop the cherries into pieces
Sprinkle some of the flour over the cherries and toss to combine
Stir the remaining flour mixture into the milk and egg mix
Stir until ingredients are just wet, there will be some lumps and lines of flour
Gently fold the cherries into the batter and distribute evenly without overmixing
Pour the batter into a greased or lined loaf pan
Bake for 55 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted into the center
Mix the ingredients for the glaze and drizzle over the bread. Allow the glaze to dry, this will take about 30 minutes.
Enjoy!