Hey everyone, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, nanna’s mixed fruit loaf. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
A revised version of the banana loaf with plenty of added spices and best made with those over-ripe bruised bananas you're always afraid to eat left in the fruit bowl! As long as the starter is healthy, there is no need to use instant yeast simply because the dough is fully loaded with fruits and nuts, and seeds. Unless we are very careful with the instant yeast quantity.
Nanna’s mixed fruit loaf is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Nanna’s mixed fruit loaf is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. 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:
- Make ready 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
- Prepare 6 oz sugar
- Take 2 eggs
- Take 1/2 tsp almond essence
- Prepare 6 oz self raising flour
- Make ready Pinch salt
- Get Almond flakes
This tea loaf is full of semi-dried fruit and is virtually fat free - better still, it is so lovely and moist you don't need any butter or cream to go with it. Using a pair of scissors, cut the mixed fruit medley into small, sultana-sized pieces and place in a large bowl. Pour the hot tea over, then discard the tea bag. An easy to make fruit loaf using sultanas or a mixture of dried fruits.
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!
Beat until all ingredients are well mixed, then transfer to the prepared tin and smooth top with back of spoon. Remove from oven and leave to cool in tin for about. The girls tried my nana's nut loaf for the first time on our working retreat in Byron Bay. We spent four days locked away from all distraction, madly Pour the cooled date mixture onto the dry ingredients and mix well with a wooden spoon. This is a loaf with plenty of fruit and light in color.
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