Categories: Cakes - Frosting - Icing

Ingredients

• 1 cup strong, brewed black tea, cooled
• 4 Tbsp. marmalade or apricot jam
• 1 cup mixed dried fruit, golden raisins, apricots and cranberries
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 3 cups flour
• 4 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 1 1/2 tsp. salt
• 2 beaten eggs
• 1/2 tsp. cinnamon or a good pinch mixed spice *

Directions

1. Soak the mixed fruit with marmalade in the tea for at least an hour, but can be left overnight. Add the other ingredients, mix well and put into a large greased loaf tin ( 9 × 5 inch). Bake for 1 1/2 hour at 300 degrees.

2. Leave to cool and eat as is or with unsalted butter.

3. *According to the source, “mixed spice” includes coriander seed, cinnamon, caraway seed, cassia, nutmeg, ginger and cloves. Just cinnamon works fine though.

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