IRISH CHERRY AND RAISIN CAKE

Irish Cherry and Raisin Cake image

My family requests this bread-like cake every year for Saint Patrick's Day. It's moist and delicious!

Provided by Meredith

Categories World Cuisine Recipes European UK and Ireland Irish

Time 2h

Yield 16

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

1 cup butter
2 cups white sugar
6 eggs
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 ½ teaspoons baking powder
1 ½ teaspoons salt
16 ounces maraschino cherries, drained
1 ½ cups raisins
1 tablespoon confectioners' sugar, or as needed

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter and flour a fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®).
Beat butter and sugar together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat eggs, 1 at a time into the butter mixture.
Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl. Stir flour mixture into butter mixture until smooth batter forms. Fold in cherries and raisins. Pour batter into prepared fluted tube pan.
Bake in the preheated oven until evenly browned, about 1 1/2 hours.
Cool cake in the tube pan for 10 minutes before turning out onto a cooling rack to cool completely. Dust with confectioners' sugar.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 386.1 calories, Carbohydrate 62.7 g, Cholesterol 100.3 mg, Fat 13.7 g, Fiber 1.4 g, Protein 5.4 g, SaturatedFat 7.9 g, Sodium 404.4 mg, Sugar 33.7 g