Aunt Jessie’s sultana loaf



Aunt Jessie’s sultana loaf from Yearoff

nut free kids can help ok to freeze
Category Cakes and biscuits recipes
Serves8
Prep time10 mins
Cook time55-60 mins

gransnetter ratings

Ease of finding ingredients n/a
Ease of cookingn/a
Success with kidsn/a
Success with adultsn/a
Overall Markn/a

Ingredients

8oz sultanas
4oz lurpak butter
5oz caster sugar
2 size 3 eggs, beaten
2 drops of vanilla essence (or almond essence )
6oz self raising flour
pinch of salt

Handy Hint

Best eaten 2nd Day

Method

Soak sultanas overnight in water.
Place in a large pan and bring to the boil, turn off heat.
Drain and return sultanas to the still hot pan along with the butter. Allow the butter to melt then add the sugar, eggs and vanilla essence (if using).
Sift in the flour and salt snd mix with a wooden spoon until well bound together.

Put into a lined and greased 2lb loaf tin.
Bake in a preheated oven for 30 minutes (gas mark 4, 350F, 180C)

Lower the heat to gas mark 2, 300F, 150C and continue to cook until firm (about 25-30 mins) and a skewer comes out clean.
Leave to cool with greaseproof paper still on.
Best eaten 2nd day

gransnetter Reviews

From: Yearoff on Sat 02-Oct-21 12:42:26 Overall rating: 0.0
My great aunt makes at least one of these loaves a week and has done for as long as I can remember. She’s 87 years old and it’s my favourite cake.