Grandma's Fruit Bread
A classic that is especially indispensable during Advent: Try Grandma's Fruit Bread from Spoonsparrow!
Ingredients
- 3 eggs
- 150 g cane sugar
- 1 packet vanilla sugar
- 0.25 tsp Salt
- 0.25 tsp ground cloves
- 0.25 tsp cardamom
- ginger
- 1 orange (including grated zest)
- 125 g flour
- 1 packet baking powder
- 50 g chopped almonds
- 100 g figs
- 100 g dates
- 100 g maraschino cherries
- 50 g finely chopped lemon zest
- 50 g finely chopped orange zest
- 75 g currants
- 75 g seedless raisins
- 100 g chopped walnuts
- flour (for dusting)
- 4 tbsp apricot jam
- 3 tbsp sugar
Instructions
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1.
Whisk eggs, cane sugar, the various spices, orange zest, flour and baking powder in a bowl into a smooth batter. Fold in almonds and chopped walnuts. Dice figs and dates, then add maraschino cherries, lemon zest, orange zest, currants and raisins. Lightly dust everything with a little flour and work it into the batter.
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2.
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Spread the batter onto it and smooth the surface. Bake in a preheated oven on the middle rack at 180°C for about 60-70 minutes. After roughly 40 minutes of baking, cover with parchment or foil.
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3.
Remove Grandma's Fruit Bread from the oven and let it cool. Warm apricot jam and dissolve the sugar in it over low heat, simmering for 2 minutes before removing from the stove. Thinly spread this glaze over the cooled bread. Slice into small pieces and serve.
