Step #1
NOTE: Some plain or strong white bread making flour should be made available to flour the cherries to stop them sinking. METHOD - (Makes 1).
Step #2
MAKING BY HAND:: Using the ingredients listed above for the "Cake", mix all of the ingredients together to form a batter by hand and deposit into a well greased or lined 2lb loaf tin.
Step #3
Gently add the floured cherries to the light, made up batter.
Step #4
Bake in the oven at 160-165ºC (320-330ºF) Gas Mark 4-41/2 for around 50-55 minutes until baked. Allow to cool. USING A BREADMAKER:: Using the ingredients listed above for "cake", place all wet ingredients first followed by the Madeira Cake mix, in your bread making machine pan and start the cake programme.
Step #5
After 20 minutes of mixing, gently add the floured cherries to the light, made up batter. If you do not have a cake programme, leaving the paddle in the pan, go to the basic cycle to mix but stop the machine after 15 - 20 minutes. Turn off the machine via the plug or press reset then switch the machine to the bake cycle and bake for a minimum of 1 hour and 10 minutes - maximum of 1 hour and 30 minutes.
Step #6
After baking, leave the cake in the machine for a further 10 minutes before tipping out.
