Chocolate Chip Fruit and Walnut Loaf

This is a wonderful quick cake for morning or afternoon tea.

Ingredients make 1 loaf

85 g plain white flour

1 tsp baking powder

4 tbls corn flour (40g)

130 g soft butter

75 g caster sugar

2 eggs (100g)

1 tsp vanilla extract

2 tbls sultanas (30g)

25 g chopped walnuts

½ lemon, grated rind

45 finely chopped chocolate

Method

Preheat the oven to 160° C normal bake. Grease and line a 500 g loaf tin with baking paper. Sift flour, baking powder and corn flour together in a bowl. Place butter and caster sugar in a mixing bowl. Mix for approx. 3 minutes until a light and fluffy mixture is achieved. Add the eggs one at a time and fold in the sifted flours with a spoon. Blend in the vanilla, sultanas, walnuts, lemon rind and chocolate. Pour the mixture evenly into the prepared tin and bake in the oven for approx. 45 minutes. Turn out on a wire and leave to cool.

Note: Either cover the top of the cake with a soft vanilla icing when the cake is cooled or dust with icing sugar while still warm.