Easy Fruit Loaf Recipes

Steps:

• Heat gently together in a pot on stove top the water, sugar, dried fruit and butter until butter melts and sugar dissolves.
• Allow to cool for a few minutes then stir in flour and spices and baking soda.
• Pour into a large loaf pan which has been greased and floured or bottom lined with baking paper and bake at 350'F for 45 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean.
• Remove from oven and leave to cool in tin for 10 minutes then tip out onto a wire rack to finish cooling.
• Serve cut in slices and buttered.

Steps:

• Add water, oil, brown sugar, bread flour, gluten flour, milk powder, mixed spice, and yeast into the bread machine pan in the order suggested by the manufacturer. Select Fruit setting or the setting for Basic White Bread. Press Start.
• If your machine has a Fruit setting, add the golden raisins and peel at the signal, or around 5 minutes before the kneading cycle has finished.

Steps:

• Measure fruit, mixed spice, butter, brandy and sugar and put in a saucepan add cup of black tea
• Gently bring to the boil and leave to cool for approx 20 mins
• Turn oven to 170c / 180c and line a loaf tin with grease proof paper
• Mix in flour and egg and transfer to baking tin
• Put in centre of oven for approx 60 / 80 mins

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl mix wheat, saltanas and sugar. Stir in milk, cover and leave to soak for at least 1hr - 2hrs.
• Add flour, baking soda, cinnamon and mixed spice, stir well. The mixture will be quick thick and sticky.
• Transfer mixture to well greased loaf tin.
• Place in a moderate oven 150-160C for 1hr - 1hr 15mins. check with skewer to ensure cooked.
• (Tip: half way through cooking time, cover with foil to prevent over browning)
• Allow to cool for 5mins before turning out of tin and onto a baking tray.
• Notes;
• This cake is a lovely lower fat alternative to fruit cake. Its wonderful sliced warm with low fat spread/butter.

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar, add eggs, sour cream, and vanilla. In another bowl, mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and add to above mixture.
• Carefully fold in fruit.
• Pour into two prepared bread pans and bake at 350° for one hour.
• This recipe may be doubled.
• Variation: Prune Bread: Use 3/4 pound chopped pitted prunes and add 3/4 teaspoon cardamom, 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg, 1 Tablespoon grated orange peel.
• Cranberry Bread: Use 2 cups whole cranberries, eliminate cinnamon, add 1 Tablespoon grated orange peel, 1 teaspoon orange extract.