Favourite Fruit Loaf Recipes

Steps:

• Heat gently together in a pot on stove top the water, sugar, dried fruit and butter until butter melts and sugar dissolves.
• Allow to cool for a few minutes then stir in flour and spices and baking soda.
• Pour into a large loaf pan which has been greased and floured or bottom lined with baking paper and bake at 350'F for 45 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean.
• Remove from oven and leave to cool in tin for 10 minutes then tip out onto a wire rack to finish cooling.
• Serve cut in slices and buttered.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating until creamy.
• Blend in milk.
• In another bowl, mix together flour, baking powder, salt and lemon rind.
• Pour into batter.
• Stir to moisten.
• Scrape into greased 9 x 5 inch loaf pan.
• Bake in 350f degree oven for 55 to 60 minutes.
• Cool in pan for 5 minutes.
• Remove to rack and while still hot, with a toothpick poke holes all over the top of the loaf, and spoon glaze evenly over.
• Cool.
• Glaze: Combine lemon juice and sugar in saucepan.
• Stir and heat till sugar is dissolved.
• Spoon evenly over top of hot loaf.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat eggs. Add milk, Worcestershire sauce, seasoned salt and onion powder; mix well. Stir in oats, carrot and parsley. Combine beef and pork; add to egg mixture and mix well. Press into a 9x5-in. loaf pan. Top with ketchup. Bake at 350° for 1-1/2 hours or until no pink remains and a thermometer reads 160°; drain.

Steps:

• Sieve the flour into a bowl and cut in the margarine.
• Rub in the margarine until it resembles breadcrumbs.
• Wash the fruit and roll in a little flour (stops it sinking).
• Add the fruit and sugar to the flour and mix.
• Beat the egg and gradually add to the flour mixture.
• Grease a loaf tin.
• Pour the mixture into the tin and bake for approx 50 minutes at gas mark 5.
• Test the loaf by inserting a clean knife; if it emerges clean, it's cooked.
• NB-Most times I make this I double the recipe, as it gets eaten so quickly!