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

  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas Mark 4.
  2. Cut the cherries into quarters, break up the walnuts, mix together in a bowl and add the rest of the dried fruits.
  3. Take a dessert spoon out of the flour and mix in with the fruit and nuts.
  4. In a large bowl cream the butter with the sugar and honey.
  5. Beat in the eggs and the milk.
  6. Then fold in the flour and baking powder.
  7. Mix in the dried fruits and walnuts.
  8. Turn this mixture into the tin.
  9. Bake for 45/60 mins, until risen and golden brown and when you put a cocktail stick into the cake it comes out clean.
  10. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.