This super moist quick bread is sweet, with flavors of pure almond extract, cream cheese and maraschino cherries.
Grey winter days call for making/BAKING your own sunshine!
This bread is just what days like that are begging for.
Heck — this bread is for any ‘ol day. It’s THAT good. I gave some to my dad, and he shared some with his friend. Later that day I got a text saying it was the best bread she had ever eaten!
This recipe came out of an old church cookbook my grandmother gave me way back when. I dig them out from time to time, because the recipes are ALWAYS good. I mean, who wants to attach their name to a recipe in a cookbook purchased and read by people at your church that is bad? Right, nobody. You submit something to a church cookbook, and it’s your tried and true winning recipes.
Honestly, it was a wonder the bread actually had enough batter to be made at all. Holy smokes, is it good!
It baked up so pretty, didn’t it? Sidebar: I love these tea towels! (actually tea towels in general — it’s a bit of an addiction.) But these mean the world to me, because my Aunt embroidered them. I have a whole set, all with different fruits on them.
Slice it up and serve it warm with a glass of cold milk and watch it disappear!
Cherry Cheese Bread
This super moist quick bread is sweet, with flavors of pure almond extract, cream cheese and maraschino cherries.
Ingredients
- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- 2 sticks butter (1 cup), softened
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 2 teaspoons pure almond extract
- 4 eggs
- 2 1/4 cups flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 3/4 cup maraschino cherries , quartered
Instructions
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
10Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 462Total Fat: 23gSaturated Fat: 14gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 8gCholesterol: 132mgSodium: 275mgCarbohydrates: 57gFiber: 1gSugar: 35gProtein: 6g
Nutrition isn't always accurate.
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Some of our other favorite breads:
Peasant Bread
Banana Applesauce Oatmeal Bread
Cinnamon Pull-Apart Bread
If you make this recipe, I’d love to know! Snap a picture, share the photo on social media with the hashtag #AnAffairFromTheHeart – I’d love to see what you made! – Michaela
Kris ~ Big Rigs 'n Lil' Cookies says
This will be a hit in our house! Can’t wait to try it!
Dot says
Cream Cheese and Maraschino Cherries in bread, sounds delicious.
Lacey says
These were delicious! I decided to make mine into muffins instead of bread and they turned out great. I baked them for 22 minutes. I used a 10 oz jar of cherries. I may put more in them next time. Thank you the recipe. My family loved them.
Michaela Kenkel says
Hi, Lacey! I will most certainly be making them into muffins next time! That’s a great idea, thanks for sharing it!
Dukediesel says
This cherry cake is so good I don’t know where to begin. I made it identically and it turned out great. Definitely going to make again. The only thing that was off was the time. It almost 1 1/2 hr to bake at 325 degrees to bake. I did keep watching and it baked up beautifully. The cream cheese made such difference in the texture and softness of the cake/bread. I’m going to consider adding it for all my quick breads. I’m going to use this recipe with apples next time and add a little cinnamon to see how that will be. Thank you so much for sharing a great recipe.
Michaela Kenkel says
So happy that you liked it! I am wondering if we have different sized loaf pans that caused the baking time difference? I love the idea of using apples! Blueberries would be yummy too!