Coconut sweet bread – coconut and raisin loaf

Ingredients

• 300 g plain flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 150 g desiccated coconut
• 120 g sugar
• 100 g softened butter
• 1 egg
• 2 dl milk
• 80 g raisins
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• ½ tsp ground cinnamon
• ¼ tsp nutmeg
• ¼ tsp salt

Method

1. 1Heat oven to 170°C and grease and line a 1.5-litre loaf tin.
2. 2Mix flour, baking powder, coconut, sugar, spices and salt. Rub in butter.
3. 3Whisk egg, milk and vanilla and stir into dry ingredients. Fold in raisins and spread thick batter in tin.
4. 4Bake for 55–65 minutes until a skewer comes out without wet batter. Cover with foil if top darkens. Cool before slicing.