1 (16 ounce) jar maraschino cherries
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 cup shredded coconut
1 1/2 cups chopped nuts
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Dice cherries and reserve cherry juice. Beat sugar and eggs together. Add cherries, coconut and nuts. Combine flour, baking powder and salt. Add flour mixture and 2/3 cup reserved cherry juice alternately to the egg mixture. Pour into 2 greased and floured 8 1/2 by 4
1/2 inch loaf pans. Bake for 60 to 70 minutes.