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Islay Loaf

Islay Loaf is a traditional Scottish recipe (from the Isle of Islay) for a classic fruit, sugar, syrup, flour, spice and walnut batter cake cooked in a loaf tin that's typically served at tea time. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Scottish version of: Islay Loaf.

prep time

20 minutes

cook time

60 minutes

Total Time:

80 minutes

Serves:

8–10

Rating: 4.5 star rating

Tags : Spice RecipesBaking RecipesCake RecipesScottish Recipes


Ingredients:

180g raisins
180g brown sugar
300ml cold water
1 tbsp golden syrup
1 tbsp butter
300g flour, sifted
2 tsp baking soda
2 tbsp mixed spice
45g chopped walnuts

Method:

Add the raisins, sugar, water, golden syrup and butter to a pan. Bring to a boil and cook for 2 minutes then take off the heat and allow to cool completely. Once cold fold-in the flour, baking soda, mixed spice and walnuts. Turn into a greased and lined 20cm round cake tin.

Level the top then place in an oven pre-heated to 180°C and bake for about 60 minutes, or until the top is golden brown and firm to the touch and a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake emerges cleanly.

Allow to cool for 10 minutes in the tin then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.