Almond Tea Bread With Blueberries Or Cherries

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 5 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (8 ounce) can almond paste
• 1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups fresh blueberries, chopped or 1 1/2 cups pitted chopped cherries
• 3 cups all-purpose flour, divided
• 1 1/3 tablespoons baking powder (1 tablesoon plus 1 teaspoon)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup milk

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees. grease and flour a 9x5x3-inch loaf pan; reserve.
• 2 combine allmond paste and butter in a large mxing bowl; beat until well blended.
• 3 gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy.
• 4 add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 5 combine blueberries (or cherries) and 1 tablespoon of the flour, tossing gently. reserve.
• 6 combine remaining flour with baking powder and salt. add flour mixture to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
• 7 spoon 1/3 of batter into prepared loaf pan. sprinkle with half of dedged fruit. repeat the layers once; spoon remaining batter on top and smooth with a spatula.
• 8 bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour and 5 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. cool in pan 10 minutes. remove bread from pan and cool completely on a wire rack.