Fruit Loaf. Serve cut in slices and buttered. A cross between a cake and a loaf bread, with sweet-tart plums and a brown sugar topping. Just like my mother-in-law used to make.
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You can cook Fruit Loaf using 6 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Fruit Loaf
- Prepare 12 oz of Dried fruit (mixed fruit or any dried fruit & citrus peel).
- Prepare 1/4 pint of boiling water.
- Prepare 1 tsp of orange essence.
- It's 1 of large egg.
- It's 2 oz of Demerara Sugar plus a sprinkling.
- It's 6 oz of Self Raising Flour.
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Fruit Loaf step by step
- Put fruit(&peel) in large mixing bowl. Pour on boiling water and add orange essence. Mix through. Leave to soak minimum 30mins upto 2 hours..
- Preheat oven 160°fan. Line 2lb loaf tin. I use liners, saves time..
- Add sugar and beaten egg to fruit. Mix through. Add flour, mix through. Add to tin and level top. Sprinkle with Demerara sugar. Cook for 50mins. Test with skewer should come out clean..
- Leave in tin for about 10mins. I leave the liner on the loaf. When cool wrap in foil. Will keep for about a week. Good as it is or with butter..
In large bowl combine flour, baking powder, and salt. Stir in fruit, raisins, and nuts. Add all at once to first bowl. Butter and flour the inside of a loaf tin and set aside. Place the fruit mixture into a large bowl and add the beaten egg, flour and baking powder and mix until well combined.
