Traditional Tea Loaf
Servings: 12
Calories: 256kcal
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A delicious fruited tea loaf recipe, literally packed with plump dried fruit. Served slathered with butter at tea timer!
Equipment
- 2llb Loaf tin
Ingredients
- 2 Teabags I use Yorkshire tea
- 300 ml Boiling Water
- 375 g Dried mixed fruit
- 75 g Glace cherries - chopped Optional
- 200 g Golden Caster Sugar
- 2 Medium eggs beaten
- 275 g Self-raising flour
- 1 lemon, zested
Instructions
- Using your teabags make your tea using boiling water (300ml). Leave to brew for minimum 10 minutes
- In a large bowl add your dried mixed fruits, cherries and golden caster sugar
- Once the tea is brewed, put this over the dried fruit and sugar mix and stir . Leave to stand for 3 hours or overnight
- Preheat your oven to 160C (fan), 180C, 350F, Gas 4
- Add your beaten eggs and self raising flour to your fruit mix, followed by your lemon zest and mix really well
- Pour into your loaf tin - Lined (I use a loaf liner) and bake in the centre of the oven for 1 1/4 hours - checking after 1 hour. Your tea loaf will be firm and golden brown
- Leave to cool in the tin for 15 minutes, remove and cool on a wire tray
- Once cold, serve buttered. Pop in a cake tin and enjoy for days!
Notes
***All nutritional information is approximate and intended as a guide
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Traditional Tea Loaf
Amount per Serving
Calories
256
% Daily Value*
Fat
1
g
2
%
Saturated Fat
0.3
g
2
%
Trans Fat
0.003
g
Polyunsaturated Fat
0.4
g
Monounsaturated Fat
0.4
g
Cholesterol
27
mg
9
%
Sodium
20
mg
1
%
Potassium
280
mg
8
%
Carbohydrates
59
g
20
%
Fiber
4
g
17
%
Sugar
34
g
38
%
Protein
5
g
10
%
Vitamin A
45
IU
1
%
Vitamin C
5
mg
6
%
Calcium
75
mg
8
%
Iron
1
mg
6
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.