Lover's Loaf | Cooking Professionally

Ingredients

• ***For the bread:***
• cooking spray with flour, to taste, for greasing the pans
• 1 (10-ounce) jar maraschino cherries, plus the juice
• 1 3/4 cups plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour, divided
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• salt, optional, to taste
• 2 large eggs
• 1/2 cup canola or vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ***For the cherry-almond glaze:***
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar, plus more, to taste
• red food coloring, optional, to taste