Recipe: Tasty Fruit Loaf

Fruit Loaf.

You can have Fruit Loaf using 6 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Fruit Loaf

1. You need of Dried fruit (mixed fruit or any dried fruit & citrus peel).
2. You need of boiling water.
3. You need of orange essence.
4. It's of large egg.
5. You need of Demerara Sugar plus a sprinkling.
6. You need of Self Raising Flour.

Fruit Loaf instructions

1. Put fruit(&peel) in large mixing bowl. Pour on boiling water and add orange essence. Mix through. Leave to soak minimum 30mins upto 2 hours..
2. Preheat oven 160°fan. Line 2lb loaf tin. I use liners, saves time..
3. Add sugar and beaten egg to fruit. Mix through. Add flour, mix through. Add to tin and level top. Sprinkle with Demerara sugar. Cook for 50mins. Test with skewer should come out clean..
4. Leave in tin for about 10mins. I leave the liner on the loaf. When cool wrap in foil. Will keep for about a week. Good as it is or with butter..