Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, nanna’s mixed fruit loaf. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Nanna's mixed fruit loaf A great recipe from my Nanna which has minimal washing up and is great to have with a cup of tea! You can use any but for this recipe, I have chosen sultanas, raisins and cranberries. Add margarine and light brown sugar to mixer and beat together until light.
Nanna’s mixed fruit loaf is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. They are nice and they look wonderful. Nanna’s mixed fruit loaf is something which I have loved my entire life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook nanna’s mixed fruit loaf using 8 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Nanna’s mixed fruit loaf:
- Prepare 8 oz dried mixed fruit. You can use any but for this recipe, I have chosen sultanas, raisins and cranberries. Chopped glazed cherries work well too!
- Make ready 4 oz butter
- Take 6 oz sugar
- Get 2 eggs
- Take 1/2 tsp almond essence
- Prepare 6 oz self raising flour
- Get Pinch salt
- Make ready Almond flakes
Fruit loaf is a traditional (some might say old fashioned) bake that I love with a cup of tea. This recipe is so easy to make as it all just gets mixed together in one bowl (my favourite kind of bake). Mixed Fruit Loaf Cake A Spoonful Of Sugar. So, what makes this fruit cake extra special is the crunchy sugar topping.
Steps to make Nanna’s mixed fruit loaf:
- Night before, cover your fruit in cold water and leave them overnight
- The next day, pre heat the oven to 180 degrees C (gas mark 4)
- Put the water and fruit into a saucepan and bring to the boil
- Once boiled, strain off the water
- Whilst the fruit is still hot, put the fruit back into the pan and take it off the heat. Add the butter, sugar and mix until melted
- Add the eggs, almond essence and flour and mix together
- Butter the loaf tin and add a lining at the bottom with wax paper
- Add the cake mixture to the tin
- Add a few flaked almonds on the top of the mixture
- Bake for 30 minutes on 180 degrees Celsius and then lower the heat to 150 for another 30 minutes
- Test with a skewer and if it comes out clean, the cake it ready and should be a nice golden brown on top
- Enjoy with either hot/cold with/without a thin layer of butter AND a good cup of tea!
Added as a last minute idea, one teaspoon of Demerara sugar sprinkled onto the cake before it is baked takes this cake to another level. The crunchy texture adds an unexpected contrast to the soft, yielding cake without adding. Line a loaf pan with baking paper. Remove from the element and leave to cool. Then add sifted flour, bicarbonate of soda and spices and mix until well combined.
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