Absolutely wonderful pound cake! We don't like maraschino cherries so I used 1 c. dried cranberries. I should've tossed them in the flour with the nuts so they would be distrubted more thoroughly throughout. I went with 2 hrs. baking time. The toothpick came out clean. Nothing worse than a dry cake so I went with that. Had a little bit of trouble getting it out of a well-greased/floured pan but that might be because the cranberries mostly fell to the bottom (top) without being tossed with the nuts in flour. Great raves and requests for this recipe at a potluck last night!