Ingredients

• 1 cup - chopped dates
• 1 cup - chopped dried apricots
• 1 cup - coconut milk
• 1 cup - orange juice
• 2/3 cup - brown sugar
• 125 gm - butter (melted)
• 1.5 tsp - soda bicarbonate
• 1/4 - cup boiling water
• 2 eggs - lightly beaten
• ¾ cup - whole meal self-rising flour
• ¾ - cup whole meal plain flour
• 1 tsp - mixed spice

How to Make Fruit and coconut loaf

• Combine the first 4 ingredients, cover and stand overnight.
• Add sugar, butter, soda bicarbonate and water to the date mixture and combine well.
• Stir in eggs and sifted, dry ingredients.
• Spoon into a greased and lined loaf pan.
• Bake in an oven at 180 degrees C for 60 mins.
• Cool slightly before removing from the pan.