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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 60 Minutes |
Ready In: 60 Minutes Servings: 24 |
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Lovely color and texture great spread with cream cheese too. Good use of summer fresh raspberries, freezes well May use frozen thawed raspberries if desired Ingredients:
2 cups flour |
1 cup sugar |
1 1/2 tsp baking powder |
1/2 tsp baking soda |
1/2 tsp salt |
1/4 cup shortening( or butter or margarine ) |
3/4 cup orange juice |
1 tbs grated orange zest |
1 egg |
1 tsp vanilla or almond if desired |
1/2 cup chooped nuts ( optional ) almonds are great |
2 cups fresh raspberries |
Directions:
1. Sift dry ingredients including sugar in a bowl
2. Cut in shortening to resemble coarse cornmeal texture
3. Combine orange juice and zest and egg in a bowl
4. Pour into dry ingredients and blend well to moisten, don't over mix
5. Fold in raspberries and nuts
6. grease and floured a loaf pan ( 9 x 5 )
7. Add mixture, spreading sides slighly higher in pan than in center
8. Bake in a preheated 350F oven until tested done in center with toothpick, about 1 hour
9. Cool in pan 10 minutes and then invert carefully to rack to cool completely
10. Slice when completely cold!
11. Freezes well, slices great anv very pretty
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