Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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  1 3/4           cups  all-purpose flour
  4          teaspoons  baking powder
     1/2      teaspoon  salt
     3/4           cup  sugar
  12            ounces  maraschino cherries -- red (1 bottle)
  2          teaspoons  lemon rind -- grated
  2              large  eggs -- beaten
  1                cup  milk
  3        tablespoons  vegetable oil -- or melted
                        -- shortening

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 375øF. Sift all dry ingredients together into large bowl. Drain and dry cherries. Cut into small pieces. Toss with dry ingredients. Mix the rest of the ingredients together and mix into the dry ingredients. Pour into greased 9" x 5" bread pan. Bake in preheated 375øF. oven for about 45 minutes to 1 hour, or until lightly browned and when you use a cake tester in the center of the loaf and it comes out clean.

Nutritional Information:

202 Calories (kcal); 5g Total Fat; (22% calories from fat); 4g Protein; 36g Carbohydrate; 34mg Cholesterol; 285mg Sodium