Rum and Raisin Loaf

Name: Rum and Raisin Loaf
Yield: Makes 1 Loaf
Ingredients: 30 ml/2 tbsp dark rum; 65 g/2½ oz/5 tbsp butter; 5 ml/1 tsp salt; 5 ml/1 tsp ground ginger; 320 ml/11 fl oz/1⅓ cups milk; 600 g/1 lb 5 oz/5¼ cups unbleached white bread flour; 45 ml/3 tbsp dark rum; 100 g/3½ oz/⅔ cup raisins; 75 g/3 oz/generous ½ cup raisins; 22 ml/1½ tbsp dark rum; 15 ml/1 tbsp clear honey, warmed; 7.5 ml/1½ tsp easy bake dried yeast; 170 ml/6 fl oz/⅔ cup + 1 tbsp milk; 1 egg, lightly beaten; 350 g/12 oz/3 cups unbleached white bread flour; 3.5 ml/¾ tsp salt; 25 g/1 oz/2 tbsp caster (superfine) sugar; 1.5 ml/¼ tsp ground ginger; 50 g/2 oz/¼ cup butter; 40 g/1½ oz/3 tbsp caster sugar; 2.5 ml/½ tsp ground ginger; 2.5 ml/½ tsp salt; 500 g/1 lb 2 oz/4½ cups unbleached white bread flour; 40 g/1½ oz/3 tbsp butter; 5 ml/1 tsp easy bake (rapid-rise) dried yeast; 10 ml/2 tsp clear honey, warmed; 250 ml/9 fl oz/generous 1 cup milk; 90 g/3¼ oz/⅔ cup raisins

Preparation info

Makes
1
Loaf

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Ultimate Bread Machine Cookbook

By Jennie Shapter

Published 2010

About

Juicy raisins, plumped up with dark rum, flavour this tea-time loaf. Serve just as it is or lightly toasted, with butter.

Ingredients

Small

75 g/3 oz/generous ½ cup raisins
22

Vegetarian
Bread

Method

Place the raisins and rum in a small bowl and leave to soak for 2 hours. Drain any remaining liquid into the bread machine pan. Add the egg and milk. If necessary for your machine, reverse the order in which you add the liquid and dry ingredients.
Sprinkle over the flour, ensuring that it covers the liquid completely. Add the ground ginger. Add the ca