There’s not much to be said about this bread. I mean seriously. Bacon IN the bread? Is this the best idea EVER? And I have the wonderful Chantelle from Just Chef to thank for this moment of inspiration. She is 100% responsible for making me drool and dream of this bread and finally, I got around to making it yesterday.
I didn’t use Chantelle’s recipe but rather made mine up as I went and it happens to be the easiest ‘baked good’ I’ve ever made. Other than the 7 minutes it took to fry the bacon, I threw this together in 5 minutes and popped it into the oven for just over an hour to become golden and delicious. And in 10 minutes, it was finished. I’m not even exaggerating. My twins had a slice each for lunch and the rest was eaten (very greedily) by my husband, my brother and myself.
I think, had we shown some restraint, having this for breakfast with a fried egg on top, would probably be the best thing in the world for a hangover (which is enough to get me drinking just to GET the hangover) but eaten warm with a good slathering of farm butter was just heaven.
I’m not going to ramble on any longer, instead I’ll just give you the recipe and urge you to buy the ingredients today, right now in fact, and start baking asap. You won’t regret it!
Makes 1 standard loaf size
250g (8.82 ounces) bacon, diced
2.5 (625ml (21.13 fluid ounces)) cups all purpose (cake) flour
2tsp (10ml (0.34 fluid ounces)) baking powder
1tbsn (15ml (0.51 fluid ounces)) sugar
1tsp (5ml (0.17 fluid ounces)) salt
4 large eggs
1/2 cup (125ml (4.23 fluid ounces)) butter, melted
1 cup (250ml (8.45 fluid ounces)) milk
1 tin (410g (14.46 ounces)) whole corn kernels
1/2 tin (about 200g (7.05 ounces)) cream style sweetcorn
1 cup cheddar cheese, grated
- Pre-heat the oven to 170°c and grease a standard size loaf tin.
- Fry the chopped bacon in a very hot pan until slightly crisp.
- Meanwhile, sift all the dry ingredients into a large mixing bowl.
- Beat together the eggs, butter and milk and pour into the dry ingredients. Mix well.
- Fold in the corn and bacon and pour into the prepared loaf tin. Sprinkle the grated cheese over the loaf and place into the oven.
- Bake for 60-75 minutes until the loaf is golden brown and a skewer inserted comes out clean. If the loaf is browning too fast, turn the heat down.
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool down for 5 minutes before removing from the tray.
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I share you rmidset, a fried egg on top is going o be awesome!!
sorry Ally, your mindset…….(fingers too fast)
Delish!
Bwahahahahaha I agree with you on being tempted to drink just to get the hangover…I mean, LOOK at that bread! I am going to make it this weekend for The Bulls Fan’s pre-Argus carbo load breakfast on Saturday. Delicious!
That sounds delicious!!!
Your site is fast becoming a favourite between alot of moms I know. Thanks for the awesome recipes
Hi this bread sounds absolutely delicious, will try it this weekend. Did you make it according to the recipe or what tweaks did you add?
Lorraine, As I went along I wrote down the recipe and this is exactly how I made it so you can just follow this recipe.
Oh My !!!! I had to read this super quick, and hurridly note down the ingredients ! I drooled when I saw the pic on Tastespotting. Ima gonna make some ! Very soon, k, going to the store now byeeeee
If I could reach through the screen, I would! I am so going to have to make this deliciousness! Thank you.
That is one tasty looking bread!
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I made this yesterday! The boys were well impressed =D
I cant wait to make this bread, but I think its best appreciated as you did, warm and with farm buter. Yum!
I have just put this bread into the oven…is 170 Celsius right??? It seems not hot enough…
Never mind my last post…brain fart moment over here….;)
EXCELLENT Recipe !!!…and so easy =)
So glad you liked it Sherry.
Looks delicious, I’ll definitely try this one.
Marta : It really is scrumptious!
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I’m making the bread and am curious what 160 C translates for Fahrenheit?
It’s about 350 I think.
I made this and it smells so good. Just waiting for it to cool down so I can try it.
So I made this a couple weeks or so ago and I was curious if anyone has had trouble with the bread coming out really greasy? I’m came out so greasy that it was like wet bread. Any suggestions?
Jill, I’ve make this bread quite often and I never have a problem with it being greasy. Are you sure your measurements are correct? Half a cup of butter (125ml) shouldn’t be enough to make it really greasy so I’m not sure what else it could be unless you’re perhaps not baking it for long enough? Perhaps try to leave it in the oven for another 15-20 minutes next time you bake it?