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Tea bread

This tea bread recipe is very easy to make and perfect when accompanied with a nice cup of tea.

This tea bread recipe is very easy to make and perfect when accompanied with a nice cup of tea.

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Cooking Time

Cook: 1 Hour 30 Mins

Cooking Time

Serves: 10

Cooking Time

Price: 13p per serving

Nutritional Information

Each 82g serving contains

Energy
854kj
204kcal
10%
Fat
1.2g
Low
2%
Saturates
0.2g
Low
1%
Sugars
28g
High
31%
Salt
0.3g
Med
5%
of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
1041kj/249kcal

Ingredients

125g sultanas

100g currants

150ml hot black tea

1 level tbsp marmalade

125g soft brown sugar

1 large egg

225g self-raising flour

1 level tsp mixed spice

Method

1
Put the sultanas and currants in a bowl. Pour over the hot black tea. Add marmalade and sugar. Stir until the sugar dissolves. Cover with cling film and leave to soak for at least 7 hours or overnight.
2
Line a 1lb (small) loaf tin with baking paper.
3
Pre-heat the oven to 160C/140C Fan/Gas 3.
4
Add beaten egg to the cold soaked fruit. Sift in the flour and mixed spice and stir until evenly mixed.
5
Turn the mixture into the loaf tin and bake for 1 hour 10 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean.
6
Cool on a wire rack.