Strawberry And Apple Loaf
Ingredients:-
- Self raising flour – 250 gms
- Butter – 175 gms
- Sugar – 175 gms
- Cinnamon - ½ tsp
- Castor sugar – 2 tbsp
- Apple – 1 medium
- Strawberries – 225 gms
- Eggs, beaten -2
- Orange zest, finally grated of 1 orange
- Baking powder – 1 tsp
Method:-
- Heat oven to 180º C
- Butter and line the bottom of a 9 x 20 x 13 cm loaf tin.
- In a large bowl, rub the flour, butter and sugar together with your fingers to make fine crumb.
- Measure out 5 level tbsp of this mixture into a small bowl for the topping, and mix into the cinnamon and castor sugar. Set aside.
- Coarsely grate the apple down to the core and mix in with the eggs and the zest.
- Stir the baking powder into the rubbed-in mixture in the large bowl, and then quickly and lightly stir in the egg mixture until it drops lightly from the spoon. Don't over mix.
- Gently fold in 3 quarters of the berries with the metal spoon trying not to break them up.
- Spoon into the tin and level.
- Scatter the rest of the berries on top. Sprinkle over the topping and bake for 75-80 minutes. Check after 50 minutes and cover loosely with foil if it is browning too much. When done, the cake will feel firm, but test with a skewer to make sure.
- Leave in the tin for 30 minutes before turning out, and then cool completely on a wire rack.
- Peel off the paper before cutting. Will keep wrap in foil or in a tin for upto 2 days.
