My Mum doesn’t bake very much, well not at all really, but this loaf she has been making it quite a lot lately. She has been changing the recipe each time she makes it, she has made fig ones and cranberry ones, this one though was my favourite apricot and prune. The recipe hails from good old New Zealand and is from G, a lady who for all my life has always been there for me. Its her 1 cup loaf, she puts in one cup of everything, its pretty healthy, well its probably the healthiest baked good to make it to this blog. My mum took out some of the sugar which I think made it even better for the apricot and prune one as the fruit are very sweet themselves. I hope you enjoy, I’m pretty sure you will.
One cup wonder Fruit Loaf
1 cup oat bran
1 cup of raw sugar (you can reduce this to 1/2 cup depending on the fruit you use)
1 cup self raising flour
1 cup of dried fruit (anything you like)
1 cup milk
Pre heat a oven to 170C
Mix the dry ingredients together and add the milk, the mixture will seem very wet but this is normal.
Pour into a lined loaf tin and bake for 1 hour or until cooked. Test with by inserting a skewer into the centre of the loaf, if it comes away clean the its cooked. Cool on a wire rack.
Hi Sophia
How nice my 5 cup loaf looks and you are so right it is the easiest loaf one can make, I have never varied the recipe much from the original. I have however replaced the brown sugar with raw it seemed to be a practical thing to do. But sooooo nice all hot from the oven with lashings of butter mmmmm. Its one of those that must be eaten as it really wont last much longer than two or three days tops.
Glad things are well with you and your assistant ha ha
Always G
Thanks G,
The lashings of butter doesn’t make it so healthy though. Its a great recipe, thanks for sharing with me and now anyone who checks out the blog. 🙂
xxx
Looks great and super easy 🙂
Thanks Matejka.
I am obsessed with fruit loafs so cannot wait to give this one a try! Love the addition of apricots too. Found your blog through the Huffington Post ‘best blogs of August’ list and so glad I did!
http://notjustaprettyplate.blogspot.co.uk/
Thank you, your blog is beautiful. I am so thrilled about Huffington post, and even happier you and others have found LBB on it. You should give the loaf ago, it really is super quick.
Easiest works for me, and I love that any dried fruit is welcome to the party.
Yeah its a great loaf to mix it up with.