Equipment and peparation: You will need one pleated bread loaf tin 900g/2lb with a base ... mix everything thoroughly before folding in the apricot, apples and pecans. When it's all mixed add ...

Remove from the tin and while still warm, brush with the apricot jam. If using, arrange the flaked almonds around the edge.

This moist, apple-and-raisin-studded loaf is scented with rum and glazed ... For dinner en famille, simply brush the cake with warm apricot jam, perhaps with a bit of rum stirred in.