Derbyshire Fruit Loaf

Derbyshire Fruit Loaf

środa, 5 lutego 2014

Derbyshire Fruit Loaf

Time: 1 hrs 50 mins

Ingredients

• 1 lb mixed dried fruit
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup hot black tea (English Breakfast or Earl Grey would be best suited to this recipe)
• 1 large egg
• 2 cups self-rising flour
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 dash ground cloves
• 2 tablespoons orange marmalade or 2 tablespoons citris marmalade
• cooking spray

Directions

• 1 Put the dried fruit and the sugar into a mixing bowl, add the hot tea and leave to soak overnight.
• 2 The next day, preheat oven to 300 degrees.
• 3 Spray and line a 7 inch cake pan or a loaf pan.
• 4 Stir the egg, flour, spices and the marmalade into the fruit, sugar and tea mixture. Pour into the cake pan or the loaf pan.
• 5 Bake for 1 1/2 -2 hours until firm to the touch or until a skewer pushed into the cake comes out clean. Do not open the oven during the first hour of baking time.