Tea Biscuit - English Tea Cake

• 1 cup (225 ml) butter, softened
• 1 cup (225 ml) sugar
• 2 eggs
• scant 2 cups (475 ml) flour
• 1/2 tsp (2 ml). baking powder
• 1/4 tsp (1 ml). salt
• 1/2 cup (125 ml) white raisins or currants
• 12 maraschino cherries
• 1 tbsp (15 ml). cherry juice
• 1 tsp (5 ml). vanilla

1. Preheat oven to 250 degrees (125 C.).
2. Grease and flour a small tube pan.
3. Cream butter and sugar together.
4. Add eggs, beating thoroughly.
5. Sift dry ingredients together.
6. Add to butter mixture, gradually.
7. Add vanilla and cherry juice.
8. Fold in cherries and raisins (or currants).
9. Pour into prepared pan and bake 1 1/4 hours or until done.
10. Test by using a wooden toothpick.

butter, sugar, eggs, flour, baking powder, salt, white raisins, maraschino cherries, cherry juice, vanilla

Taken from online-cookbook.com/goto/cook/rpage/0003FF (may not work)