Ingredients
- 150g plain flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- ยฝ tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- ยฝ tsp freshly grated nutmeg
- a pinch ground cloves
- 175g plain wholemeal flour
- 110g butter
- 150g Tate & Lyle Fruit Sugar
- 175g sultanas
- 2 large eggs
- 240ml milk
Accompaniment
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Method
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1.Cut the butter into small pieces then add to the bowl and rub into the dry ingredients until the mixture is like fine crumbs.
2.Grease and line a 2lb loaf tin. Heat the oven to 170C/325F/gas 3.
3. Sift the dry ingredients into a bowl, tip the bran from the wholemeal flour left in the sieve into the bowl. Cut the butter into small pieces then add to the bowl and rub into the dry ingredients until the mixture is like fine crumbs
4. Stir in the Tate & Lyle Fruit Sugar and sultanas. Beat the eggs with the milk, add to the mixture and stir together to make a soft dropping consistency. Turn into the loaf tin.
5. Bake in the oven for approximately 1 hour until the loaf is golden and firm to the touch. Test with a skewer which should come out clean. Remove from the oven. Turn the cake onto a wire rack to cool.
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