Earl Grey Tea Bread

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Make your tea-time extra special with this beautiful Earl Grey Tea Bread. Dried fruits soaked in fragrant Earl Grey Tea overnight make this the perfect tea loaf.

by Mary Berry
Serves
6
Course
Snack
Prep. Time
10 Mins
Cook Time
2 Hrs
  • Ingredients
  • Method

Ingredients

Method

1

Put the currants and sultanas in a bowl and pour over the hot tea. Stir, cover and leave to soak overnight for the liquid to absorb.

2

Preheat the oven to 150C/130C Fan/Gas 3½. Grease a 900g/2lb loaf tin and line with non-stick baking paper.

3

Add the flour, sugar and egg to the bowl of soaked fruit (if there is a little excess liquid this is fine) and mix thoroughly.

4

Spoon into the prepared tin and level the top. Bake for 1¾ hours, or until the cake is risen and just firm to the touch, but check it after 1¼ hours to see how it is doing. Leave to cool in the tin for about 10 minutes.

5

Turn out the cake and remove the paper. To serve, cut into fairly thick slices and spread with butter to serve.

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