Christmas Mixed Glace Fruit Loaf

Here is another great Holiday Season recipe, very, very good!!

• Ready In: 2 hrs
• Yields: 1 loaf

Ingredients

• 3 3⁄4 cups butter, plus
• 1  tablespoon butter
• 1⁄2 cup caster sugar
• 3  eggs
• 3⁄4 cup  finely chopped  glace pineapple
• 1 1⁄2 cups  glace cherries
• 1⁄2 cup apricot, finely chopped
• 1 1⁄2 cups plain flour
• 1⁄2 cup self raising flour
• 1⁄2 cup milk
• 1  tablespoon sweet sherry

Directions

1. Grease a loaf pan, line base and sides with parchment paper, then grease paper. Cream butter and sugar in a small bowl with electric mixer only until combined. Add eggs quickly, one at a time. Beat until combined. Transfer mixture into a large bowl. Stir in fruit, the half of the sifted flours with the combined milk and Sherry. Stir in remaining flour and milk mixture. Spread mixture into prepared pan. Bake in moderately slow oven for about 2 hours. Cover with foil, cool in pan.