Cherry Garcia Loaf Cake

Ingredients

Cake:
3/4 C sugar
1/2 C whole milk
1/2 C oil
1 egg
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
1 tsp almond extract
2 C flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
3 C of maraschino cherries cut in half, drained well and patted dry *

Cherry Glaze:
1 C powder sugar
1 tsp almond extract
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
2 tbsp melted unsalted sweet cream butter
1/3 C maraschino cherry juice

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350F. Spray your loaf pan with baking spray and set aside

Cake:
In a standing mixer, combine the sugar, milk, oil, eggs, vanilla and almond extract- Mix until combined.

In a medium, combine the flour, baking powder and salt.

Use a whisk to mix the dry ingredients.

Gradually add the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and mix until combined.

Using a rubber spatula, fold in the sliced cherries.

Pour the batter into the loaf pan and bake for 55-60 minutes or until a tooth pick comes out clean.

Once baked set loaf on a wire rack to cool for 20 minutes before removing the loaf from the pan.

Glaze:
In a small or medium bowl, combine all ingredients and mix until smooth.

Pour glaze over loaf and let glaze harden slightly before cutting.

lightly toss the cherries with a little of the measured flour before folding them into the batter to prevent them from sinking to the bottom of the pan.