Name: Fruit and nut loaf
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 75 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 125 gram butter, chopped, at room temperature; 3/4 cup caster sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla essence; 2 eggs; 2 cup self-raising flour, sifted; 1/2 cup milk; 180 gram packet pecan halves; 1/2 cup sultanas; Caramel icing; 1/2 cup brown sugar; 60 gram butter, chopped; 1 tablespoon cream; 1 3/4 cup icing-sugar, sifted

Ingredients

125 gram butter, chopped, at room temperature

3/4 cup caster sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla essence

2 eggs

2 cup self-raising flour, sifted

1/2 cup milk

180 gram packet pecan halves

1/2 cup sultanas

Caramel icing

1/2 cup brown sugar

60 gram butter, chopped

1 tablespoon cream

1 3/4 cup icing-sugar, sifted

Method

Fruit and nut loaf

1.Preheat oven to moderate, 180°C. Lightly grease and line base of a 10 x 20cm loaf pan.

2.In a bowl, using an electric mixer, beat butter, sugar and vanilla together until pale and creamy.

3.Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition scraping down sides of bowl.

4.Lightly fold flour into creamed mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour. Chop half nuts and fold into mixture with sultanas.

5.Spoon mixture into pan, smoothing top. Top with remaining pecan halves. Bake for 50-55 minutes, until cooked when tested (cover with foil if browning too quickly). Cool in pan for 5 minutes, before turning onto a wire rack to cool completely.

Caramel icing

6.Combine sugar and butter in a small saucepan. Stir over a low heat, until sugar dissolves. Blend in cream, stirring, for 2 minutes. Whisk in icing sugar until smooth (adding a few drops of hot water if required ). Cool slightly before drizzling over cooled cake.

Never fill cake pans more than as full, to prevent the mixture from spilling during rising.
Note

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Fruit and nut loaf

Caramel icing

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