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This is a very special & delicious recipe  for a Christmas Fruit Loaf or Muffins.
The  dried fruit  is mixed with a secret ingredients that just enhance & enrich & highlights the Christmas loaf .
Just give the Christmas loaf so much depth &  flavour & dark in colour, so in total you have about 24 fruits .
I said this”Christmas Fruit Loaf was special “ The Secret  is the MonaVie Juice !!
Made this recipe for my 2 son’s preschool teachers, they could stop thanking me when I pick up my boys…Keep say how nice & yummy, they all eat this big loaf was gone in minutes.
1 cup sultans
1/2 cup dates
1 x 450g can pears & juice
1/2 cup sunflower seeds
1 1/2 cup pumpkin seed
1/4 cup chocolate chip
1 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup hazelnut meal
2 tablespoon mixed spice
1/4 cup MonaVie Juice
2 tblsp Cocoa powder
2 eggs, whisk
1 1/2 cup water
125g butter
3 cup self-raising  flour
Topping:
Dried cranberry’s
1 teaspoon mixed spice
1 tablsp castor sugar
Method :

• Preheat oven 180*C (350*F) In a large saucepan add , sultans . dates, sugar, butter, MonaVie Juice & water, juice  from the can pears & cocoa powder . Stir using a Silicone Spatula once or twice  until butter has melted & sugar has dissolved  ( about 5 to 8 mins )  Allow to cool slightly Whisk eggs , mixture until well combine .
• In a large Mixing Bowl .together the following ingredients.
  Sifted flour mixed spice , hazelnut, pumpkin & sunflower seeds & chocolate chip.
• Add the wet mixture to the flour ,mix until mixture is combine .
  Cut half of the tin of pear so going into the loaf mixture . Fold the pears into the loaf mixture.
  The other half of the pears is to go on top of the loaf  ( these pears cut long ways in length.)
• Pour into a grease large  loaf  tin Arrange the pears on to the loaf  sprinkle dried cranberry or sultans , now sprinkle  some hazelnut meal  & push the hazelnut & cranberry into the mixture. ( so the do not fall off when you turn the loaf out ) Sprinkle with mixed spice sugar.
  Or muffin 12 cup With the muffin sprinkle with mixed spice  sugar.
• Bake in moderate oven for 1 1/4 hrs .Stand 5 mins before turning  onto wire rack to cool Enjoy!
• TIP: Storage time 3 days Guaranteed the loaf will be eaten be then.
  Good for lunch Box for school Yes you can make this recipes into muffins .
• Note: This Christmas Fruit Loaf can served warm with custard or brandy custard .

This recipe Orange & Banana Quick bread or muffins , so light & healthy delight to eat.
This is my mummy favorite Orange & Banana Quickbread ,
It’s so good  for her  be  low Gi  & great for all the dairy free people out there .
This quick bread so fast & easy to make all you need is one big bowl & a spoon takes about 15 minutes to put together , then place in oven .
I love the smell  in my kitchen when I take the fresh baked  Orange & Banana Quick bread or Muffins out of  the oven.
3 ripe banana ,mashed [about 1 cup]
3 orange juice [125ml] & zest
2 egg
1 teaspoon ginger
1 tblsp vegetable oil
1 cup  orange juice low in sugar
3 cup self-raising flour, sift
1/2 cup Low GI sugar
1/4  cup linseed’s
sunflower seeds
METHOD: Mash the banana using a Potato masher in a large Mixing Bowl add ginger , eggs, juice & vegetable oil .
Whisk together all these ingredients.
On top of  the banana mixture sifted the flour  add the linseeds, please don’t over mix.
Just fold in the flour using a s Silicone Spatula until mixture is wet .If you think the mixture to dry: hard to fold the flour in then add 1/4 cup of juice in & fold the milk in.
Pour into a grease loaf  tin Sprinkle with sunflower seeds or muffin 12 cup With the muffin sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.
Bake in moderate oven 180*C (350*F) for 1 1/4 hrs .Stand 5 mins before turning  onto wire rack to cool Enjoy!
TIP:  Have no ripe banana ? You can get 2nds banana at your fruit & vegetables store  cost about $2.00
Storage time 3 days Guaranteed the loaf will be eaten be then.