Dried Fruit

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) cold butter, sliced
• 3/4 cup mixed dried fruit, chopped
• 1 1/4 cups buttermilk
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• Topping:
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar

Directions

• 1
  Preheat oven to 375°F. Grease and lightly flour a tube pan. Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, allspice and cloves in a large bowl; mix well.
• 2
  Cut butter into flour mixture with a pastry blender or 2 knives until coarse crumbs form. Stir in dried fruit. Make a well in center of mixture. Combine buttermilk and eggs in a bowl; mix well.
• 3
  Pour buttermilk mixture into well of flour mixture; stir just until blended. For topping, mix 2 tablespoons milk and 1 cup confectioners' sugar in a small bowl; set aside.
• 4
  Spoon batter into prepared pan. Bake until bread is browned and crisp, about 30 minutes. Cool slightly. Invert onto a wire rack; cool completely. Drizzle topping over cooled bread.