BISHOP’S BREAD.

This is a hearty loaf made with mixed dried fruit, glace cherries and nuts. Ingredients...2 eggs, 125 gm of castor sugar, 1 tsp of baking powder, 125 gm of plain flour, pinch of salt, 1 tbs of butter / marg, softened, 250 gm of granulated nuts, 200 gm of glace cherries, chopped, 375 gm of mixed dried fruit, 75 ml of Apera. Preheat your oven to 160 deg C. Grease and line 1 large loaf pan with baking paper. Beat 2 eggs and 125 gm of castor sugar until the sugar is dissolved. Add the softened butter / marg with 1 tbs of the flour and mix to incorporate. In another bowl mix together the remaining flour, baking powder and salt Add the granulated nuts, cherries and mixed fruit, mix together. Now stir in the egg mixture and stir to combine thoroughly. Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan, pushing the mixture well into the corners. Bake in the prepared oven for 90 minutes or until firm to touch when lightly pressed with your fingers / when a skewer inserted comes out clean. Remove the pan from the oven and immediately drizzle over the Apera. Let the loaf cool in the pan. Remove the cooled loaf from the pan, wrap in foil and store in an airtight container.