Derbyshire fruit Loaf
Source of Recipe
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Recipe Introduction
Serves 4
List of Ingredients
1 lb Mixed dried fruit
8 oz Sugar
1/2 pt Hot tea
1 x Egg
1 lb SR flour
1/2 ts Mixed spice
1/2 ts Grated nutmeg
2 tb Marmalade
Recipe
Put the dried fruit and the sugar into a mixing bowl, add the hot tea
and leave to soak overnight. Next day, set oven to 300/F or Mark 2.
Grease and line a 7 inch cake tin or two 1 lb. loaf tins. Stir the egg,
flour, spices and the marmalade into the fruit, sugar and tea mixture.
Pour into the cake tin or the loaf tins. Bake for l 1/2 -2 hours until
frm to the touch or until a skewer pushed into the cake comes out clean.
Do not open the oven during the first hour of baking time. This cake
will keep well.
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