In a beater bowl cream together well the
shortening and sugar. Beat in eggs, one at a
time, until thoroughly blended and creamy.
Beat in vanilla.
2.
Combine together the flour,
salt and mace (or nutmeg). Take about ¼
cup of the flour mixture and combine with
the cherries. Add remaining flour mixture to
shortening mixture and stir in. Then stir in
the cherry/flour mixture.
3.
Put batter into a greased standard loaf pan and bake in a
preheated 350 F. oven.
Check at 60 minutes.
DO NOT UNDERBAKE. You may need to
add up to 20 minutes. It is baked when a
toothpick inserted in the centre comes out
clean. Put pan on rack to cool for 10
minutes. Then remove cake from pan onto
rack to cool completely. Do not frost.
