Orange loaf

Time:

20 minutes to prepare & 35 minutes cooking

Serves in this recipe:

8 Servings

Serves of fruit and vegetables: 5

Ingredients

Olive or canola oil spray
2 cups self-raising flour
½ cup caster sugar
½ cup sultanas
Rind of 2 oranges, grated
1/3 cup freshly-squeezed orange juice
2 eggs
¼ cup low-fat milk
1 tablespoon margarine, melted

Topping
125g reduced-fat ricotta
Rind of 1 small orange, grated
2 teaspoons freshly-squeezed orange juice

Cooking Instructions

Preheat oven to 180°C. Lightly spray a loaf tin. Combine flour, sugar and sultanas in a mixing bowl. In another bowl mix remaining ingredients. Add wet ingredients to dry, stir and spoon into tin. Bake for 35-40 minutes until cooked and golden. Turn onto wire cooling rack. When cool, spread with ricotta topping. Store in refrigerator. Serves 8.

Topping
Whip ricotta, rind and juice until smooth.

Serves 8

Variation

Replace half the flour with wholemeal self-raising flour and use 1 cup chopped dried apricots instead of sultanas.

Nutritional Information

Queensland Health acknowledges the development of the Healthy Food Fast cookbook by the Department of Health Western Australia.

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