Fruit Loaf, 9p a serving, Meal Plan 1
A lovely, slicing fruit loaf. Use any dried fruit you have. Cuts into 10 slices at 9p a slice
Fruit Loaf
250g self raising flour
190g raisins
125g sugar
125ml vegetable oil
50ml milk
1 egg, beaten
Put some oiled greaseproof paper in the bottom and long sides of a 2lb loaf tin
Heat the oven to 180 fan
Stir all the dry ingredients together. In a separate bowl/jug, stir the oil and egg together. Combine the two and pile into the lined loaf tin
Bake for 50-60 minutes until a skewer comes out clean
Cuts into at least 10 slices (when cold, very difficult to cut when still warm, which is when my DP tends to want it – he is so impatient J)
Variations
The dried fruit can be absolutely anything that you want to use
A bit of orange or lemon zest would be lovely
How about a tsp of cinnamon, or mixed spice
Replace some of the flour with a bran based cereal. I had some stale bran flakes for instance and used them up nicely in one of these
If you have any, wholemeal flour is delicious in this
Per serving, 10 slices
Calories 305, Protein 4, Fat 13, Carbohydrate 43
Cost 9p per serving
This is from Meal Plan 1, a complete 7 day plan for 2 adults. Contains 3 meals a day, plus snacks , all recipes and a shopping list
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I’m sure water would work fine. If I wanted something non-dairy, but not water, I would use one of the milk substitutes – e.g. almond or oat, or some coconut milk
Hi,
This looks so simple, I’m excited to try it. Unfortunately, I’m allergic to dairy – might I be able to use water instead of milk? Or can you recommend another alternative?
Fruit loaf is lovely so easy
hmm, maybe cook it a for a little less time, or maybe a little more milk in the mix
Hi just tried the fruit loaf,very tasty but a little dry what am i doing wrong?