Tea Cake
SuperValu
SuperValu
Recipe - Baltinglass - Gillespie
Tea Cake
Prep Time10 Minutes
Servings6
Cook Time60 Minutes
Ingredients
220g mixed dried fruit
150ml cold tea
50ml rum, brandy or whiskey (optional)
220g Self-raising flour sieved
½ tsp cinnamon
110g Caster Sugar
1 egg beaten
2 tbsp marmalade
25g butter
Zest of 1 orange
Zest of ½ lemon
1 tsp vanilla essence
Directions
Ingredients
- 220g mixed dried fruit
- 150ml cold tea
- 50ml rum, brandy or whiskey (optional)
- 220g Self-raising flour, sieved
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- 110g Caster Sugar
- 1 egg, beaten
- 2 tbsp marmalade
- 25g butter
- Zest of 1 orange
- Zest of ½ lemon
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
Method
- Preheat oven to 200C, 180C fan, Gas 4
- Line a 2lb loaf tin
- Soak the fruit in the tea and alcohol if using overnight or for at least a few hours
- The fruit will swell up and absorb the liquids
- Melt the butter and marmalade in a saucepan
- Add the flour, cinnamon, caster sugar, egg, butter, marmalade, orange zest, lemon zest and vanilla essence into a large bowl and mix the ingredients
- Add the fruit and the liquid it soaked in to the dry mixture and combine everything well
- Spoon the mixture into the loaf tin and bake for 1 hour
- Cover the top after 40 minutes with tin foil to prevent top over-browning
10 minutes
Prep Time
60 minutes
Cook Time
6
Servings
Shop Ingredients
Makes 6 servings
SuperValu Signature Tastes Luxury Fruit Mix (375 g)
€4.30€11.47/kg
Lyons Original Blend Tea 80 Pack (232 g)
Great Value
€3.00€12.93/kg
Age restricted item
Powers Gold Label Irish Whiskey (20 cl)€11.20€39.16/70cl
SuperValu Self Raising Flour (2 kg)
€2.55€1.28/kg
Funky Soul Ground Cinnamon (32 g)
€0.85€26.56/kg
SuperValu Caster Sugar (1 kg)
€1.95€1.95/kg
SuperValu Large Fresh Irish Eggs 6 Pack (6 Piece)
€1.69€0.28 each
SuperValu Signature Tastes Seville Marmalade (340 g)
€1.80€5.29/kg
SuperValu Irish Creamery Butter (227 g)
€2.29€10.09/kg
SuperValu Large Loose Oranges (1 Piece)
6 for €2.50
€0.60
SuperValu Signature Tastes Seedless LemonGold Lemons (3 Piece)
Only 79c
€0.79€0.26 each
Dr. Oetker Madagascan Vanilla Extract (35 ml)
€2.35€0.07/ml
Recipe
Ingredients
- 220g mixed dried fruit
- 150ml cold tea
- 50ml rum, brandy or whiskey (optional)
- 220g Self-raising flour, sieved
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- 110g Caster Sugar
- 1 egg, beaten
- 2 tbsp marmalade
- 25g butter
- Zest of 1 orange
- Zest of ½ lemon
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
Method
- Preheat oven to 200C, 180C fan, Gas 4
- Line a 2lb loaf tin
- Soak the fruit in the tea and alcohol if using overnight or for at least a few hours
- The fruit will swell up and absorb the liquids
- Melt the butter and marmalade in a saucepan
- Add the flour, cinnamon, caster sugar, egg, butter, marmalade, orange zest, lemon zest and vanilla essence into a large bowl and mix the ingredients
- Add the fruit and the liquid it soaked in to the dry mixture and combine everything well
- Spoon the mixture into the loaf tin and bake for 1 hour
- Cover the top after 40 minutes with tin foil to prevent top over-browning