Tahitian Sweet Bread

A sweet bread adorned with orange, dried mango and pineapple and spiked with crystalized ginger. A favorite in Tahiti, but served throughout the Pacific.

• Ready In: 1 hr 5 mins
• Serves: 12
• Yields: 1 loaf

Ingredients

• 3⁄4 cup flour
• 1⁄2 cup whole wheat flour
• 3⁄4 cup sugar
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 1  teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1  cup yogurt
• 2  egg whites (whipped until foamy and almost stiff)
• 2  tablespoons  oil
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1⁄2 teaspoon crystallized ginger
• 1  orange (zest and juiced)
• 1⁄2 cup dried mango (diced)
• 1⁄2 cup  dried pineapple (diced)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350, grease a 9x5 loaf pan.
2. In a large bowl, combine yogurt,sugar, oil, juice of orange,vanilla and ginger.
3. Stir in flour,soda,baking powder,and salt, do not over mix, stir in dried mango and pineapple pieces and orange zest; gently fold in whipped egg whites.
4. Pour into a prepared loaf pan, bake about 50 minutes until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
5. Allow to cool in tin for 10 minutes.