Very easy raisin soda bread

I found this recipe on Facebook on Bok se Borvarkie braai oven page.

I have made it a few times now and it turns out really nicely.

With the addition of some spices, as suggested by a reader, it is similar to a hot cross bun loaf. Slightly sweet and spicy and all it needs is a good lashing of butter. It also makes spectacular toast for breakfast.

Ingredients 

500g self raising flour
1 slightly heaped cup of sugar
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup fruit cake mix
1 cup milk
1 cup water
1 beaten egg
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon allspice

Method.

Mix all the dry ingredients together in a bowl.
Combine with the wet ingredients and mix to a smooth batter.

Pour the batter into a large greased/buttered bread tin, optionally sprinkle with sesame seeds, and bake in a 180 degree oven for 60 to 65 minutes.

Let stand in the tin for 10 minutes and then turnout on to a wire rack to cool down.
 

Daphne's Bread Recipe.

Here is another bread recipe from my friends' Daphne and Carel from Saldanha Bay. It is very similar to my cheat's sourdough recipe but you bake it like a normal loaf in a bread tin and not a dutch oven.

500g Stone Ground Flour
1&1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon yeast
350ml/g cold water
 
Mix until combined, wrap or put a lid on and let it stand anywhere from 8-18 hours. It rises beautifully and the yeast ferments. This has the same effect on the flour as kneading.
 
Pour into a greased loaf pan let it rise a little bit and bake at 190 degrees for about 40-45 min. (Ovens vary).