Fragrant Spiced Tea Loaf

Name: Fragrant Spiced Tea Loaf
Yield: 10 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 220 g luxury dried mixed fruit; 40 g butter; 145 ml water; 175 g self raising flour; 1/4 tsp Bicarbonate of Soda; 5 cardamom pods, de-seeded and crushed; 1 tsp Mixed Spice; 1 pinch salt; 1 egg; 110 g dark muscavado sugar; Half a cooking apple, cored and sliced

Jodie Mann @MannBakes

Scotland

This is a seriously epic fruity loaf. Born out of my love of malt loaf, but my inability to ever find malt extract (it's lockdown right now, so it's tough!). In order to compensate for the lack of malty goodness from this loaf, I decided to bring back my old pals Cardamom and Mixed spice, to give this loaf an even tastier kick. This eats well very well all on its own, but do feel free to add butter and jam as well for fun! #mycookbook

Jodie Mann @MannBakes

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Ingredients

10 servings

220 gluxury dried mixed fruit
40 gbutter
145 mlwater
175 gself raising flour
1/4 tspBicarbonate of Soda
5cardamom pods, de-seeded and crushed
1 tspMixed Spice
1 pinchsalt
1egg
110 gdark muscavado sugar
Halfa cooking apple, cored and sliced

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Steps

1

Preheat the oven to 160C fan. Grease and line with parchment paper a 1lb loaf tin.
2

Put the mixed dried fruit, butter and water into a pan. Bring to a boil and simmer for 5-10 minutes.Remove from the heat and set aside to cool a little.
3

Cream together the egg and sugar for 10 minutes until paler in colour using a beater. Add the cardamom and mixed spice
4

Sift the flour, bicarb of soda and salt into a separate bowl.
5

Add half of the flour mixture into the egg/sugar mixture and mix gently, followed by half of the warm fruit mixture. Add the remaining half of the flour mixture followed by the remaining half of the fruit mixture until all incorporated. Mix gently as you go.
6

Pour the batter into the prepared loaf tin. Pop the apple slices on top and push down into the batter slightly so they are nestled nicely. Bake for 35-45 minutes or until a skewer inserted comes out clean. Leave in the tin for 20 minutes, then turn out not a wire rack to cool.