Moira Young's tea loaf cake
This classic tea loaf is really tasty, moist and so easy to make. Best served sliced and buttered with a cup of tea. The best thing is it improves with keeping so put in an airtight box and you can enjoy it for weeks
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Prep time: 5 mins
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Cooking time: 1 hr 45 mins
(plus cooling time) -
Total time: 1 hr 50 mins
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Skill level: Easy peasy
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Costs: Cheap as chips
Ingredients
Use whatever size cup you want for measuring.
- 1 cup of sugar
- 1 cup of mixed, dried fruit
- 1 cup of cold tea
- 1tsp of mixed spice
- 1oz of margarine
- 2 cups of self-raising flour
- 1 egg
Method
- Put all the ingredients in a pan, bring to boil and then let it stand to cool down.
- Add the flour and egg and beat the mixture together.
- Pour into a loaf tin and bake at 180ºC for 90 mins or until knife inserted is clear.
Nutritional information
Guideline Daily Amount for 2,000 calories per day are: 70g fat, 20g saturated fat, 90g sugar, 6g salt.
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Your comments
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alan smalley, posted 4 days ago
hello moira going to try your cake today willlet you no the outcome im sure its going to be tasty
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JANET, posted 5 days ago
Thank you so much Moira, I baked this cake just yesterday and my husband loves it that much i'm doing another one to-morrow !
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Judith, posted 1 week ago
Thank you very much Moira !! He loved it , and rhe rest of the family as well.I can`t get all these special sugars and flours here , so i am very happy to know now the trick , to let it taste malty , with ordinary german ingredients!! Thanks to this wonderful web page goodtoknow aswell!!! Kind regards from Berlin Judith
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judith, posted 2 weeks ago
I am just trying this recipe,will tell you later if my stepfather who is getting it for his birthday will like it. i let the raisins soak in irish cream liquer before. Regards from Berlin
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liz, posted 1 year ago
can I freeze this loaf?
