Hello everybody, it’s Drew, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, apricot loaf. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Apricot Loaf is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Apricot Loaf is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have apricot loaf using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Apricot Loaf:
- Get 130 g butter
- Prepare 85 g caster sugar
- Prepare 85 g ground almonds
- Make ready 200 g plain flour
- Take 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- Prepare 1 tsp baking powder
- Get 2 eggs plus 1 extra egg white
- Get 1 tbs milk
- Take 85 g chopped apricots
- Get Brandy for soaking apricots in
Instructions to make Apricot Loaf:
- Start by chopping the preserved apricots and pouring a little brandy on them to soften. Leave to soak for an hour. Line a 2lb loaf tin with baking parchment.
- When ready to start, pre-heat the oven to 160 degrees, then begin by creaming the butter and sugar. Then add the dry ingredients plus the whole egg and beat until smooth. Next add the apricots and milk. The mixture will be quite stiff at this point.
- Next take the 2 additional eggs and separate the whites into a bowl. Add one of the yolks to the mixture and blend it in. Discard or find another use for the other yolk. Whisk the 2 egg whites on a high speed setting using a fresh whisk (do not contaminate with the dough) until peaks form. Using a spatula stir the egg foam through the mixture until blended and it is a slacker consistency. Add it to the tin.
- Finally put into a medium oven at 160 degrees centrigrade and bake for 45 minutes to an hour. Test with a skewer to ensure it is baked through. Once cooked remove from the tin and allow to cool on a rack.
- Once cool this cake can be served as it is or sliced through and spread with apricot jam and butter icing/ iced on the top or both.
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