TEA LOAF

The night or day before  making you need to ..

 Soak  250 gm of dried mixed fruit ,
 225 gm of light brown sugar
  300 ml of warm strong black tea  (strained if you are using loose leaf tea...)  in a bowl ,
 Cover with cling film and stand overnight .

First thing the next day ...switch on your oven  and set at 170 deg C .

Grease and line a loaf tin with baking paper .

Stir in 2 tsp of mixed spice
450 gm of self raising flour....
Followed by 1 beaten egg.
Make sure the mixture is well combined
.
Spoon this mixture into the tin  , levelling the surface
Bake in a well heated oven until it is golden and  a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean...
(  It is really difficult  to tell you to bake by exact time as our ovens are all different ).

Remove the tin from the oven and cool the loaf in the tin for 15 minutes .
Turn out onto a wire rack...
Serve buttered or toasted and buttered.

Simple and delicious.
Recipe from` THE  LITTLE BOOK OF BREAD `....pg 16