Welsh Christmas Fruit Loaf

Name: Welsh Christmas Fruit Loaf
Cuisine: Northern Europe
Ingredients: 8oz mixed dried fruit; 1 egg; Grated rind of one lemon; Grated rind of one orange; 2oz glace cherries; 4oz light soft brown sugar; ½ teaspoon baking powder; 2oz butter; Good ⅜ pint hot strained tea; 8oz flour

Preparation info

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Farmhouse Kitchen

By Mary Norwak

Published 1991

About

Ingredients

8oz mixed dried fruit
1ozchopped peel
2oz

Europe
United Kingdom
Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Steep the fruit, chopped peel, quartered cherries, orange and lemon peel and sugar overnight in the hot tea. Sieve Hour and baking powder. Rub in the butter. Beat the egg; add egg and the steeped mixture to the dry ingredients. Turn the mixture into a greased and lined loaf tin. Bake at 350°F, 180°C, gas mark 4 for one hour. Keep for one day before cutting.