Bun Loaf Recipe 1930 Food

ENGLISH BUN LOAF 1975

Steps:

• Soak fruit sugar and tea together overnight, covered.
• Drain the fruit, and reserve liquid.
• Mix drained fruit with the beaten egg into the flour Using a little of the liquid to make a firm dropping consistency.
• (This depends on the size of egg used, but about two tablespoons of liquid is used.) Grease a one pound loaf tin and line with greased paper.
• Tin should hold 1 1/2 pints.
• Bake gas mark 4 or 350 degrees F.
• Bake about one hour, or until firm.
• Leave in the pan about 6 minutes.
• Then turn out onto wire tray to cool.

MANX BUNLOAF

Steps:

• No method given but judging from the ingredients rather like a rich fruit cake :beat fats and sugar, add eggs; sift flour spice and raising ingredients, then add with fruit and cook in a slow oven (150C - probably around 2 hours but needs experimentation). Alternatively possibly rub fats into sifted flour/spice mix and then add eggs, fruit and buttermilk to produce the required dropping consistency.

MANX BUNLOAF (ISLE OF MAN)

Steps:

• Sieve the dry ingredients and rub in fat.
• Add sugar, mixed peel and fruit.
• Put bicarb.
• soda in a basin and mix smoothly with the milk.
• Pour into the dry ingredients.
• Finally, add the syrup and mix thoroughly.
• Put into 2 greased 2lb loaf tins or a 4lb loaf tin.
• Bake in a moderate oven (170 F degrees, Gas mark 3 1/2).