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Tea Loaf

Posted on 29. Jan, 2009 by Justin in Cooking

If your looking for a great snack while waiting for your fruit and veg to grow this should keep you satisfied. I like a slice of tea loaf with a cup of tea and lashings of butter. If you've got ingredients left from when you made your Christmas Pudding that your not sure how to use; this is a great way to use some of them up. 

225g / 8oz sultanas
50g / 2oz cut mixed peel
100g / 4oz soft light brown sugar
150ml / 1/4 pint warm tea
1 egg 
225g / 8oz self raising flour

Place the sultanas, peel and sugar in a bowl. Add the tea and leave to soak for at least 1 hour. If you can stand the wait leave it over night. Once soaked, grease a 450g / 1lb loaf tin.

Stir the egg into the fruit mixture and beat well. Sift the flour on to the fruit and mix well. Add the mix to the loaf tin and cook at 160c, 325F , gas mark 3 for 1.5 hours but take a look after an hour. When cooked the loaf should be springy when pressed with your finger. Leave the loaf to cook for 10 mins and then turn out to cool. Stores very well when kept in an airtight tin and I think it improves if you keep it a few days.

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