Bunloaf (Special)

• 1 lb flour,
• 4 oz margarine
• 2 lb mixed fruit
• 8 oz sugar
• 2 tablespoons syrup
• 2 teaspoons spice
• candied peel or marmalade
• 1 dessert bicarbonate of soda

mix with sour milk or buttermilk (dissolve bicarbonate of soda in milk and add to dry ingredients)

Bake 2 hours in slow oven

These last two have a different method, and are good and moist. They were attributed to May Green, who used to demonstrate cookery, and s connected to Creer and Creer Ltd.,the Grocers of Buck's Road, Douglas.

Bunloaf (I)

• 4 oz margarine
• 4 cups fruit
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 cups water

Put in pan and boil for 3 minutes. Allow to go cold and add:

• 4 cups SR flour
• 2 teaspoons bicarbonate of soda
• 2 teaspoons vinegar

Dissolve bicarbonate in the vinegar . Stir together

Bake at 300 deg F for 10 minutes then reduce to 275 deg F for 50 minutes.

Variation: As I, but add 2 tsp treacle and 2 tsp mixed spice in flour mixture.

References:

For all these recipes I am thankful to Suzanne Daugherty for extracting them from her collection.

Measures or equivalents

• 1 tsp = 5g or 1/8 oz;
• 1 tbsp = 15g or ½oz
• 4oz = 100g = ½cup (flour)