Beat the eggs lightly in a measuring cup and bring the measure up to 1¼ cups with apple juice.

Beat the eggs and apple juice together lightly.

Pour the liquid into a bread maker bucket and add the oil.

In a large bowl, mix together the flour and spices.

Put half this mixture on top of the water in the bread maker bucket.

Add the sugar and salt.

Put the remaining half of the flour mixture on top.

Mound the yeast on the top of the flour mixture in the middle.

Mix the dried fruit or raisins with the orange rind and place in the fruit dispenser of your bread machine. (Or set aside to add when you hear the ‘raisin beep’.)

Put the bucket in the bread machine and set it to the correct setting (usually the ‘Raisin bake’ setting).

When the bread is baked, carefully remove it from the bread maker bucket and put it on a wire rack to cool.

Squeeze a bit of honey over the top and brush with a pastry brush to glaze.

Allow the Easter bread and honey glaze to cool a little before slicing.