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Old 12-09-2011, 10:36
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Has anyone ever baked a malt loaf that came out proper squidgy and heavy like a Soreen one? I've found a ton of recipes on the internet and tried a few, but they always come out like a light cake rather than good heavy malt loaf.
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Old 12-09-2011, 12:59
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I've put this recipe up before but I can't find it - anyway, it's a Mary Berry's recipe, and I've made it a few times. It's not dark in colour, but maybe using dark brown soft sugar would give that. It does have that chewy texture of Soreen though.

175g / 6ozs SR flour
2 tablespoons Ovaltine
25g / 1 oz caster sugar
75g / 3ozs mixed dried fruit
2 level tablespoons golden syrup
200ml milk

Just mix everything together to make a thick batter, and scrape it into a 1lb loaf tin, that's been well greased. Bake at 160 / Gas 3 for about 1¼ hours until cooked through. Turn out and leave to cool on a wire rack. Served sliced with butter.
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Old 12-09-2011, 13:54
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Ooooh, am going to try this - sounds like my kind of baking. Chucking it all in together!
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Old 12-09-2011, 19:27
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Thanks SeasideLady. I can see the logic of the Ovaltine. It contains malt and whey, both of which are in Soreen list of agreements.I can't actually get Ovaltine out here in the Czech Republic, but I can generally put things together from their individual ingredients. I have to make my own golden syrup too. It's surprisingly easy.
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Old 12-09-2011, 21:36
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That sounds rather splendid, SeasideLady.
I can see I'm going to have to give that a whirl. Thanks for sharing.

As for making it darker, maybe you could change the golden syrup for treacle. I might have to experiment.
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Old 12-09-2011, 22:16
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I put this on another thread, thought it might be handy here. Not a malt loaf but a lovely tea cake,

It's like a fruit loaf with Weetabix.

Crush 2 Weetabix biscuits
Add 3/4 cup of sugar
1 cup of milk
1 cup of raisins

Let that sit overnight (although I let mine sit for 4 hrs this morning)

Then add 1 cup of self raising flour
1 egg


In the past I have also included cinnamon, today I added dried coconut, this is all optional.

Bake for 1 hr in a loaf tin.

Let it cool, served sliced with butter or just as it is.

Here's the picture also http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...09214121_n.jpg

I made it yesterday.
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Old 17-09-2011, 12:36
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I put this on another thread, thought it might be handy here. Not a malt loaf but a lovely tea cake,

It's like a fruit loaf with Weetabix.

Crush 2 Weetabix biscuits
Add 3/4 cup of sugar
1 cup of milk
1 cup of raisins

Let that sit overnight (although I let mine sit for 4 hrs this morning)

Then add 1 cup of self raising flour
1 egg


In the past I have also included cinnamon, today I added dried coconut, this is all optional.

Bake for 1 hr in a loaf tin.

Let it cool, served sliced with butter or just as it is.

Here's the picture also http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...09214121_n.jpg

I made it yesterday.
I made this yesterday, and it turned out great except that instead of raisins I used mixed fruit as thats all we had in, but thats a really good, simple recipe there, definatly using again!
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