Aunty Hazel’s Fruit Loaf

Difficulty | Serves 8 | Book - Cooking for 1 or 2 people

Aunty Hazel's Fruit Loaf cooking for 1 or 2 people
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½ cup sultanas
½ cup currants
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
½ teaspoon ground ginger
⅔ cup water
2 tablespoons (30g) Flora® Light margarine
¼ cup (55g) Heinz® baby apple (in jar)
½ teaspoon bicarb soda
2 egg whites
½ cup self-raising flour
½ cup plain flour
cooking spray

Per servePLAIN
FatTotal2.2g
Saturated0.5g
Fibre1.8g
Protein3.7g
CarbsTotal29.6g
Sugar16.8g
Sodium177mg
Kilojoules636 (cals 152)
GI RatingMEDIUM

Method

  1. Place sultanas and currants, spices and water into a small size saucepan, bring to boil, simmer for 3 minutes.
  2. Pour into a mixing bowl then add margarine. Combine until margarine has melted.
  3. Blend the apple sauce and bicarb into mix and combine. Leave to cool.
    Preheat oven 180°C fan forced.
  4. Once fruit mixture has cooled, beat egg whites into fruit mixture well.
  5. Gently fold both sifted flours into mixture in one go, treat as a sponge, DO NOT BEAT as this will make the loaf tough. The less the mixture is moved, the lighter the loaf will be.
  6. Pour mixture into a small loaf tin that has been coated with cooking spray and bake approximately 35 minutes or until cooked in centre. Leave to rest for a few minutes then turn onto a wire rack to cool.

NOTE: Use remaining apple puree in another recipe or freeze for later use.

Suitable to be frozen

 

Dietitian's tip

What a fantastic snack. The sugar is natural sugar coming from the sultanas and currants. These are high in antioxidants particularly phenols that help prevent cancer and heart disease.


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