Liquorice Loaf

  • Clock Icon Prep 20 mins Cooking 35 mins
  • Dinner Icon Serves 8

A sophisticated aromatic loaf.

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Ingredients

  • 200g liquorice pieces
  • 250g unsalted butter (softened)
  • 1 ½ cups caster sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 orange (zest and juice)
  • 1 cup The Healthy Baker Self Raising Flour
  • ½ cup The Healthy Baker plain flour
  • ½ cup water

Instructions

1

Place the liquorice pieces and water in a small saucepan and put on medium/low heat.

2

Cook for about 10 minutes or until the liquorice has softened quite a lot.

3

Transfer to a food processor or blender and blitz until you have a smooth puree.

4

For the cake, start by greasing and lining a loaf tin and preheating the oven to 180°C.

5

Cream the butter and sugar together until pale and fluffy then add the eggs, one at a time, beating well between each addition.

6

Fold in the zest, juice and flours and finally the liquorice puree.

7

Spoon batter into the cake tin then bake for 35-45 minutes. Let cool for a few minutes in the tin before turning out onto a wire rack to cool completely.

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