Dairy Free Loaf

A delicious loaf which is more like a bread than a cake.  It freezes very well. The dried fruit can be a combination of anything you like.  I use half and half White SR flour and Wholemeal SR flour

Ingredients

• 375gm mixed dried fruit
• 1 tablespoon sherry
• 150ml strong tea
• 380 gm SR flour
• 125gm sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon mixed spice
• 2 large eggs

Method

• soak fruit in tea and sherry over night
• mix together flour, sugar and spice
• beat eggs then add to fruit
• mix in the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, stir well
• place in greased and lined loaf tin, level top with spatula
• bake in moderate oven approx one hour, test after 45 minutes
• cool on tray
• serve with butter