Fruit Bread
Ingredients:
- 2-3 ripe bananas, mashed
- 1-2 ripe apples, grated
- 2 free range eggs
- 120g butter
- 1 cup sugar (brown or white or a mixture of both)
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
- 2 tbsp golden syrup
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ˝ cup chopped nuts (I used walnuts)
- ˝ cup fruit – chopped apricots or dates / sultanas, raisins etc.
- 1 ˝ cups flour (plain or wholemeal)
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
Method:
1. Preheat the oven to 180°C. Line a loaf tin with baking paper, or grease it well with some butter or margarine.
2. Cream the softened butter and sugar together.
3. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
4. Stir in the vanilla essence, golden syrup, and wet fruit ingredients.
5. Add the remaining dry ingredients, including the nuts and dried fruit, and mix well.
6. Pour the mixture into the loaf tin. Tap the bottom of the tin against the bench a couple of times to settle the mixture into the tin.
7. Bake for approximately one hour. The bread should be quite brown on top and a skewer or knife should come out clean when inserted into the centre.
8. Remove from the oven and leave the loaf in the tin for about 15 minutes before turning out onto a cooling rack.
9. Devour with a piping hot cup of English Breakfast.