An Easy Fruit Loaf
A lovely, slicing, easy to make fruit loaf. Use any dried fruit you have. Cuts into 12 slices at 8p a slice
First published in June 2013, updated June 2021
How To Make an Easy Fruit Loaf
Line a 2lb loaf tin and heat the oven
Stir all the dry ingredients together.
In a separate bowl/jug, stir the oil, milk 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 12 slices when cold, very difficult to cut when still warm
Flavour Variations for a Fruit Loaf
- The dried fruit can be absolutely anything that you want to use
- A bit of orange or lemon zest would be lovely
- Or some of the cooked and pureed citrus peel
- How about a tsp of cinnamon, or mixed spice, or a good dollop of vanilla paste
- 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
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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This one uses most of a jar of jam!
Servings: 12
Cost per portion 8p
Calories: 249kcal
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Ingredients
- 250 g white flour self raising / all purpose
- 190 g raisins
- 90 g sugar
- 125 ml veg oil NB NOT grams
- 50 ml milk
- 1 egg beaten
- pinch salt
Instructions
- Put some oiled greaseproof paper in the bottom and long sides of a 2lb loaf tin. I use a shaped silicone liner, that I wash and use many many times
- Heat the oven to Moderately Hot / Gas Mark 6 / 400°F / 200°C / 180°C Fan
- Put all the dry ingredients into a bowl
- Put all the wet ingredients into a jug
- Mix the dry ingredients together
- Whisk the wet ingredients together
- Tip the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix together
- Tip the mixture into the lined loaf tin
- Bake for 50-60 minutes until a skewer comes out clean. Start testing every 2or 3 minutes after 45 minutes cooking. You don't want to cook it too long or it will dry out
Equipment Needed
Notes
Cuts into 12 slices when cold, very difficult to cut when still warm and yummy
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, or a good dollop of vanilla paste
- 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
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Easy Fruit loaf
Amount Per Serving
Calories 249
Calories from Fat 99
% Daily Value*
Fat 11g17%
Saturated Fat 9g56%
Trans Fat 1g
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
Monounsaturated Fat 1g
Cholesterol 14mg5%
Sodium 12mg1%
Potassium 164mg5%
Carbohydrates 36g12%
Fiber 2g8%
Sugar 8g9%
Protein 3g6%
Vitamin A 27IU1%
Vitamin C 1mg1%
Calcium 14mg1%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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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?