Traditional Tea Loaf
A delicious fruited tea loaf recipe, literally packed with plump dried fruit. Served slathered with butter at tea timer!
Servings 12
Calories 256kcal
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
Calories: 256kcal | Carbohydrates: 59g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 0.3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Trans Fat: 0.003g | Cholesterol: 27mg | Sodium: 20mg | Potassium: 280mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 34g | Vitamin A: 45IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 75mg | Iron: 1mg