Loaf Fruitcake
Recipe
Serves: 6 people | Prep time: 20 minutes | Cooking time: 60 minutes
British | Vegetarian | Dessert
Ingredients
- 2 large eggs - separated
- 1 x 2lb loaf tin - lined
- 200g The Pantry plain flour
- 100g The Pantry caster sugar
- 125g Greenvale unsalted butter
- 60g The Pantry walnuts
- 40g Sweetvine sultanas
- 40g cherries
- 1 x 150g packet berry fruit mix
- 70g honey
- 60ml semi skimmed milk
- 1 x tsp baking powder
Method
- Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas Mark 4.
- Cut the cherries into quarters, break up the walnuts, mix together in a bowl and add the rest of the dried fruits.
- Take a dessert spoon out of the flour and mix in with the fruit and nuts.
- In a large bowl cream the butter with the sugar and honey.
- Beat in the eggs and the milk.
- Then fold in the flour and baking powder.
- Mix in the dried fruits and walnuts.
- Turn this mixture into the tin.
- Bake for 45/60 mins, until risen and golden brown and when you put a cocktail stick into the cake it comes out clean.
- Transfer to a wire rack to cool.