Fast & Easy Christmas Fruit Loaf

This is a very special & delicious recipe for a Christmas Fruit Loaf or Muffins.
The dried fruit is mixed with a secret ingredients that just enhance & enrich & highlights the Christmas loaf . The Secret is the MonaVie Juice !!
Just give the Christmas loaf so much depth & flavour & dark in colour, so in total you have about 24 fruits .
I said this "Christmas  Fruit Loaf was special "
Made this recipe for my 2 son's preschool teachers, they could stop thanking me when I pick up my boys...Keep say how nice & yummy, they all eat this big loaf was gone in minutes.

1 cup sultans
1/2 cup dates
1 x 450g can pears & juice
1/2 cup sunflower seeds
1 1/2 cup pumpkin seed
1/4 cup chocolate chip
1 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup hazelnut meal
2 tablespoon mixed spice
1/4 cup MonaVie Juice
2 tblsp Cocoa powder
2 eggs, whisk
1 1/2 cup water
125g butter
3 cup self-raising flour
Topping:
Dried cranberry's
1 teaspoon mixed spice
1 tablsp castor sugar
Method :

• Preheat oven 180*C (350*F) In a large saucepan add , sultans . dates, sugar, butter, MonaVie Juice & water, juice from the can pears & cocoa powder . Stir using a Silicone Spatula once or twice until butter has melted & sugar has dissolved ( about 5 to 8 mins ) Allow to cool slightly Whisk eggs , mixture until well combine .
• In a large Mixing Bowl .together the following ingredients.
  Sifted flour mixed spice , hazelnut, pumpkin & sunflower seeds & chocolate chip.
• Add the wet mixture to the flour ,mix until mixture is combine .
  Cut half of the tin of pear so going into the loaf mixture . Fold the pears into the loaf mixture.
  The other half of the pears is to go on top of the loaf ( these pears cut long ways in length.)
• Pour into a grease large loaf tin Arrange the pears on to the loaf sprinkle dried cranberry or sultans , now sprinkle some hazelnut meal & push the hazelnut & cranberry into the mixture. ( so the do not fall off when you turn the loaf out ) Sprinkle with mixed spice sugar.
  Or muffin 12 cup With the muffin sprinkle with mixed spice sugar.
• Bake in moderate oven for 1 1/4 hrs .Stand 5 mins before turning onto wire rack to cool Enjoy!
• TIP: Storage time 3 days Guaranteed the loaf will be eaten be then.
  Good for lunch Box for school Yes you can make this recipes into muffins .
• Note: This Christmas Fruit Loaf can served warm with custard or brandy custard .