Nanna’s mixed fruit loaf
Nanna’s mixed fruit loaf

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Nanna’s mixed fruit loaf is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look wonderful. Nanna’s mixed fruit loaf is something which I have loved my entire life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook nanna’s mixed fruit loaf using 8 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Nanna’s mixed fruit loaf:
  1. Make ready 8 oz dried mixed fruit. You can use any but for this recipe, I have chosen sultanas, raisins and cranberries. Chopped glazed cherries work well too!
  2. Make ready 4 oz butter
  3. Take 6 oz sugar
  4. Make ready 2 eggs
  5. Make ready 1/2 tsp almond essence
  6. Get 6 oz self raising flour
  7. Make ready Pinch salt
  8. Get Almond flakes

If it starts to brown on top too much before it's fully baked, cover it the top with some tin foil. Line a loaf pan with baking paper. Serve cut in slices and buttered. Submit a Recipe Correction Combine the dry ingredients in a large bowl.

Steps to make Nanna’s mixed fruit loaf:
  1. Night before, cover your fruit in cold water and leave them overnight
  2. The next day, pre heat the oven to 180 degrees C (gas mark 4)
  3. Put the water and fruit into a saucepan and bring to the boil
  4. Once boiled, strain off the water
  5. Whilst the fruit is still hot, put the fruit back into the pan and take it off the heat. Add the butter, sugar and mix until melted
  6. Add the eggs, almond essence and flour and mix together
  7. Butter the loaf tin and add a lining at the bottom with wax paper
  8. Add the cake mixture to the tin
  9. Add a few flaked almonds on the top of the mixture
  10. Bake for 30 minutes on 180 degrees Celsius and then lower the heat to 150 for another 30 minutes
  11. Test with a skewer and if it comes out clean, the cake it ready and should be a nice golden brown on top
  12. Enjoy with either hot/cold with/without a thin layer of butter AND a good cup of tea!

Serve cut in slices and buttered. Submit a Recipe Correction Combine the dry ingredients in a large bowl. You could try adding different spices, such as cinnamon and ginger but the mixed spice works well. Add the eggs, flour and sugar to the soaked fruit, ensuring everything is well combined. This Everyday Fruit Cake is baked in a loaf tin and is almost apologetically easy.

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