Cherry Loaf

2 cups flour
2 tsps baking powder
½ tsp salt
¼ tsp nutmeg
½ cup butter
1 cup sugar
3 eggs, separated - beat egg whites till stiff
1 tsp vanilla
½ cup milk
1 cup glace cherries
Mix ½ cup flour with cherries. Cream butter and sugar, add egg yolks, and vanilla. Add dry ingredients alternately with milk. Fold in beaten egg whites. Mix in cherries and flour. Bake in loaf pan at 350° for 40-50 minutes or until skewer inserted in middle comes out clean.