Moira Young's tea loaf cake

tea loaf fruit cake
Average rating: 4 out of 5 star rating

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

  • Prep time: 5 mins

  • Cooking time: 1 hr 45 mins

    (plus cooling time)

  • Total time: 1 hr 50 mins

  • Skill level: Easy peasy

  • Costs: Cheap as chips

  • Child friendly
  • Make in advance

Ingredients

Use whatever size cup you want for measuring.

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  • 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

  1. Put all the ingredients in a pan, bring to boil and then let it stand to cool down.
  2. Add the flour and egg and beat the mixture together.
  3. Pour into a loaf tin and bake at 180ºC for 90 mins or until knife inserted is clear.
By: Moira Young, 50, Peterborough
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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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