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Baking
22 March 2022
Categories
Baking
Old Fashioned English Tea Cake
Ingredients
1 cup strongly brewed black tea
1½ cups mixed dried fruit - raisins, sultanas, citrus peel etc
½ cup unrefined cane sugar
1 Tbsp marmalade or apricot jam
1⅔ cups fine wholemeal flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp ground cinnamon or mixed spice
3 Tbsp water
METHOD
Soak the dried fruit in the brewed tea for 4-5 hours, can be left overnight
Grease a 900 g loaf pan and line the bottom with non-stick baking paper.
Pre-heat the oven to 160C or 325F
Put the dried fruit and any remaining tea into a mixing bowl. Stir in the sugar and jam. Sift in the flour, baking powder and spice. Add 3 Tbsp water and stir until thoroughly combined.
Pour the mixture into the prepared tin and level the top.
Bake for 1¼ hours, or until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean. Leave to rest in the tin for 30 minutes and then transfer to a wire rack until completely cooled.
Store in an airtight container, the loaf will keep for up to five days in the fridge. It also freezes well.
Boil up the jug and pull out the butter. Enjoy.
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