Enjoy the taste of this lovely, moist loaf cake with Apricots and walnuts.
Difficulty -Medium
Preparation Time-10-15 mins
Cooking Time-40-50 mins
Serves-10 mins
Ingredients
Apricots(roughly chopped)-185 gms
Self-raising flour- 2 cups
Bicarbonate of soda-1 Tsp
Caster sugar-1 cuo
Walnuts (chopped)- 1 Cup
Egg- 1
Orange Juice- 1 Cup
Butter- 60 gms
Method
1. Preheat oven to 170 C(fan forced). Grease a 6cm deep base loaf pan. Line with baking paper.
2. In a saucepan add Apricots and 1 cup cold water and cook over medium heat. Bring to the boil and simmer for 5 minutes or until apricots are soft. Drain, reserving 100ml liquid.
3. Sift flour and bicarbonate of soda into a bowl Add sugar and walnuts. Stir to combine.
4.Make a well in the centre. Combine egg, orange juice, butter and reserved liquid. Pour into well Add apricots and mix well.
5. Spread mixture into prepared pan. Bake for 40 to 50 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre
comes out clean. Cool in pan for 10 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack. Serve