Fruit tea cake

 

This fruit tea cake was also part of a hamper I made for an auction recently. It is delicious with a good spread of butter and a cup of hot tea. Yum!

Ingredients:

150ml Strong hot black tea

75g prunes (chopped)

150g sultanas

125g raisins

150g dark brown sugar

2 eggs

225g self raising flour

1tsp ground cinnamon

1tsp ground nutmeg

Method:

Soak prunes, raisins and sultanas in hot tea for an hour. Preheat oven to 380F. Beat sugar and eggs until creamy. Sift in flour and spices. Add soaked fruit and any leftover tea fold in. Spoon into a lined 2lb loaf tin. Bake for 1 hour or until a skewer inserted comes out clean.

This recipe is adaptable in many ways. Swap black tea with green tea for example or use different dried fruits. Just keep the overall weight for the fruit the same. ;o)