Tropical Fruit Loaf

Name: Tropical Fruit Loaf
Yield: Makes 1 Loaf
Ingredients: 75 g/3 oz/scant ½ cup full-fat soft white (farmer’s) cheese; 160 g/5¾ oz/scant 1 cup ready-to-eat dried tropical fruits, chopped; 65 g/2½ oz/5 tbsp caster (superfine) sugar; 65 g/2½ oz/5 tbsp butter, diced; pared lime rind and fresh coconut shreds; juice of ½ lime; 125 g/4½ oz/½ cup full-fat soft white cheese; 60 ml/4 tbsp icing sugar; 65 g/2½ oz/⅞ cup desiccated coconut; 100 g/3½ oz/7 tbsp caster sugar; 200 ml/7 fl oz/⅞ cup milk; 5 ml/1 tsp baking powder; 125 g/4½ oz/1 cup plain (all-purpose) flour; 7.5 ml/1½ tsp baking powder; 225 g/8 oz/2 cups plain flour; grated rind and juice of ½ lime; 140 g/5 oz/scant 1 cup ready-to-eat dried tropical fruits, chopped; 130 ml/4½ fl oz/½ cup + 1 tbsp milk; 100 g/3½ oz/7 tbsp butter, diced; 50 g/2 oz/⅔ cup desiccated coconut; 1 egg, lightly beaten; 125 g/4½ oz/⅔ cup caster sugar; 40 g/1½ oz/½ cup desiccated (dry unsweetened shredded) coconut; 115 g/4 oz/½ cup butter, diced; 100 ml/3½ fl oz/7 tbsp milk; 45 ml/3 tbsp icing (confectioners’) sugar; 100 g/3½ oz/generous ½ cup ready-to-eat dried tropical fruits, chopped; 175 g/6 oz/1½ cup plain flour

Preparation info

Makes
1
Loaf

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Ultimate Bread Machine Cookbook

By Jennie Shapter

Published 2010

About

There’s a tempting tropical taste in every slice of this wonderfully moist loaf. Speckled with delicious little chunks of papaya, mango, melon and pineapple, it is topped with a tangy lime soft cheese icing and finished with fresh toasted coconut.

Ingredients

Small

125 g/4½ oz/1 cup plain (all-purpose) flour
5

Cake
Vegetarian

Method

Remove the kneading blade from the bread pan, if detachable. Line the base of the pan with baking parchment.
Sift the flour and baking powder into a large bowl. Then mix in the desiccated coconut. Add the butter and rub in with your fingers until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
Stir in the sugar and dried tropical fruits. Grad