Sweet and Salt

COCONUT SWEETBREAD

Ingredients

  • 1½ lbs flour
  • 6 tsp bakiing powder
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 3 tsp ground nutmeg
  • ½ tsp ground cloves
  • ½ lb butter
  • 1 finely grated fresh coconut
  • 1½ cups water
  • 2 tsp vanilla essence
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 cups raisins
  • 2/3 cup chopped cherries, green and red
  • ½ cup sugar syrup
  • Sugar for sprinkling

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees
  2. In a large bowl, combine flour with sugar, baking powder and dried spices.
  3. Add butter and mix into the flour.
  4. Mix coconut with water, and egg, stir briskly .
  5. Add to flour mixture with a little more water if needed to make a soft dough.
  6. Add fruits and stir.
  7. Spoon batter into a greased loaf pan.
  8. Bake for about 45 minutes then brush the sweet bread with a sugar syrup and sprinkle with granulated sugar.
  9. Place in oven for another 10 minutes.
  10. Remove from oven and cool before slicing.
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