Aunty Peggy's "Good and Easy" Fruit Loaf

A sweet treat for the weekend.

This recipe has been sent in from Sarah who lives in Auckland, New Zealand. Sarah has a blog here. The recipe Sarah shares with us comes from her Aunty Peggy’s recipe book – a book Sarah received when her Aunty passed away. Each recipe in the book has adorable notations such as “Good but messy” or “Good and easy”.

Sarah writes: “There are little notes like this all the way through her recipe book. It's like she knew she was going to be passing it on to someone and every one of the little notes makes me smile. She was such a wonderful Aunty and it's so special to have this. There are many blank pages left in the book and I have started adding my own favourite recipes to it.”

Isn’t that lovely? Thank you for this one, Sarah.

RECIPE: Aunty Peggy's Fruit Loaf

INGREDIENTS:

2 Cups Self-Rising Flour

1 Cup Caster Sugar

1/2 tsp Baking Soda (Bicarbonate of Soda)

Pinch of salt.

100g Butter

1 Cup water

1 Cup mixed dried fruit (I used Christmas cake mix because it was on special and I like fruit peel)

1 egg (lightly beaten)



METHOD:

1. Line a loaf tin and set oven to preheat at 180 degrees C

2. Mix together first 4 dry ingredients in a large bowl.

3. Put butter, water and fruit into a saucepan and boil for 3 minutes.

4. Pour into the bowl of dry ingredients along with the egg and mix until just combined.

5. Pour into loaf tin and bake for 1/2 an hour at 180 degrees. Then turn down heat to 160 degrees and bake for 20 mins.

~ yum!