When it comes to shopping for baking ingredients, i can be completely greedy and grab whatever my eyes laid upon. I have this excitement on impulse buying whenever i'm in a shop selling baking ingredients and i absolutely couldn't resist the urge of filling my shopping cart full. That's how i ended up with few packets of dried apricots and the reason of buying them more than i intended to simply they are really catchy with vibrant orange colur and i shall have them. The apricots sit in my pantry for couple of weeks before i start looking for recepis using dried apricot in them. I bumped into this easy white chocolate and apricot loaf while surfing the net and gave it a try.
I shall say this is really and easy,effortless loaf recepi which require a very minimal time to prepare and the result are absolutely wonderful. I made this beautiful loaf for an afternoon tea to serve my family and the kids love them to the core. The sweetness of white chocolate are well balanced with the tartness of dried apricot The loaf goes well with black tea.
Ingredients
3/4 cup all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 cup butter,room temperature
3 eggs, room temperature
3/4 cup castor sugar
1/2 cup white chocolate chips1/3 cup pecan nuts,chopped
1/2 cup dried apricots.chopped
Methods
Preheat oven at 160'C and line a 9'inch loaf tin with parchment paper
In a bowl add flour,salt and baking powder. Stir to combine.Keep aside.
Using a stand/hand mixer, beat together butter and castor sugar till light and fluffy.
Add eggs one at a time and beat after each addition.
Add flour mixture and beat till combined. Using a spatula, fold in the chopped apricots,pecans and white chocolate chips. Mix till well combined.
Pour the batter onto a prepared loaf pan and bake for 25-30 minutes till golden or until a skewer insert in the middle of the loaf comes out clean.
Cool on pan for 5 minutes before transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely.
Slice and serve with a cup of tea or coffee
