Ingredients
Oaty crumble topping
Method
1.Preheat oven to 180°C.
2.Grease a loaf pan approximately 22cm x 12cm and line with a strip of baking paper, placing it across the middle of the pan with a little hanging over each side (this makes it very easy to remove the loaf from the pan after baking).
3.Prepare topping first. Melt butter in a small bowl, add the sugar, cinnamon and oats and mix well. Set aside.
4.To make the loaf, place butter in a large pan and heat gently until melted. Remove from heat and add grated parsnip and apple, sugar and egg and mix well.
5.Sift together the flour, baking soda, spices and a pinch of salt and fold into wet ingredients to form a batter.
6.Pour batter into tin and sprinkle topping over it. Bake for 50-60 minutes until loaf is springy when gently pressed in the middle and a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.
7.Cool for a few minutes in the tin then use the overhanging baking-paper ‘handles’ to lift the loaf from the tin. Discard paper and continue cooling the loaf on a rack. Serve in slices.
