This fruit and seed loaf is delicious at tea time or even for breakfast with cream cheese and orange slices.
Makes: 1 loaf
Preparation: 15 minutes
Cooking: 1 hour 15 minutes
Ingredients
● 400ml hot strong coffee
● 100g dried figs – hard stalks removed – cut in half
● 140g sultanas
● 50g porridge oats
● 200g self-raising flour
● 1 tsp baking powder
● 1 tbsp each - sunflower seeds and sesame seeds
● 25g pumpkin seeds
● 100g mixed nuts – almonds, brazils, hazelnuts, walnuts
● 1 large egg
Topping
● Several tsps of mixed seeds
Method
● Preheat oven to 170°C.
● Pour the coffee into a large bowl and stir in the figs, sultanas and oats. Set aside to soak.
● Line the base and sides of a 1kg loaf tin with baking parchment.
● Mix together the flour, baking powder, nuts and seeds.
● Beat the egg into the cooled fruit mixture, then stir the dry ingredients into the wet.
● Pour into the prepared tin, level off the top of the mixture and scatter with the extra seeds.
● Bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes or until cooked. Leave to cool before removing from the tin.
