Ingredients

• 2½ cups whole wheat pastry flour
  
• ½ cups unrefined, granulated sugar
  
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
  
• ¼ teaspoons baking soda
  
• ¼ teaspoons salt
  
• ¼ + ? teaspoons ground coriander
  
• ¼ + ? teaspoons ground cardamom
  
• ¼ teaspoons (scant) cinnamon
  
• zest of two Pixie tangerines
  
• the juice of one of those tangerines
  
• 1 stick butter, melted
  
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
  
• ½ cups buttermilk
  
• ½ cups unsweetened applesauce
  
• ½ cups dried cherries, coarsely chopped