English Cuisine
Ingredients:
- 450 g mixed dried fruits (Cherries, Prunes, Sultanas, Mixed Peel).
- 335 ml strong black tea.
- 100 ml orange juice.
- Zest of one orange.
- 75 g unsalted butter.
- 335 g self-raising flour.
- 2 free range eggs.
- 25 g brown sugar.
Directions:
- Place the dried fruits in a bowl.
- Prepare hot black tea with or teabags and allow infusing.
- Strain and pour the hot tea, orange juice and zest onto the dried fruit.
- Cover with cling film, and leave for at least 3 hours or preferably overnight.
- Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4.
- Grease and line the base of a 2lb loaf tin.
- Beat together the butter and sugar until light white and creamy.
- Beat in the egg followed by the sieved flour.
- Carefully stir through the fruit mixture.
- Spoon the mixture into the tin, and then smooth over the surface with the back of a spoon.
- Sprinkle over the top over with a fine layer of brown sugar.
- Bake for approx. 1 hour or until a skewer inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Leave to cool in the tin, then turn out, cut into slices and serve with refreshing cup of tea and whipping cream.