1 stick butter
1 c. sugar
3 eggs
2 c. flour
3-4 mashed bananas
1 c. raisins
1/3 c. maraschino cherries, chopped
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 c. pecans
1 tsp. vanilla

Cream butter; add sugar and beat well. Add eggs; beat. Add bananas; beat well. Dredge raisins and nuts in 1 cup flour. Add soda to other cup of flour; add this to butter mixture. Add raisins, nuts, cherries, and other flour; mix well. Pour into greased loaf pan. Bake at 325 degrees until straw emerges clean, approximately 1 hour.