Fruit and Nut Tea Brack
Serves
8
Total Time
9hrs 15mins
Calories
392
Traditionally served on Halloween in Ireland, this loaf cake is full of dried figs and hazelnuts. It's perfect as a quick tea cake to make year-round. Spread with butter and eat while still warm!
- Raisins
300 g (about 1 ¾ cups)
- Dried figs
100 g (about 3 ⅓)chopped
- Hot earl grey tea
300 g (about 1 ¼ cups)
- Orange
1 (about 200 g)zest of
- Light brown sugar
150 g (about ¾ cup)
- Ground cinnamon
5 g (about 1 ⅞ teaspoons)
- Apple pie spice mix
5 g (about 2 ½ teaspoons)
- Egg
2 (about 100 g)
- Plain flour
200 g (about 1 ½ cups)
- Baking powder
7 g (about 1 ⅜ teaspoons)
- Hazelnuts
75 g (about ½ cup)toasted
INGREDIENTS
- 1. Add raisins, dried figs and hot earl grey tea to a clean large mixing bowl
- 2. Soak until soft - approx 8 hr
- 3. Pre-heat oven - 171°C
- 4. Grease a clean loaf pan
- 5. Add orange to the batter
- 6. Add light brown sugar, ground cinnamon, apple pie spice mix and egg to the batter
- 7. Mix briefly until combined
- 8. Add plain flour, baking powder and hazelnuts to the batter
- 9. Mix until combined
- 10. Transfer batter to loaf pan
- 11. Bake until skewer tests clean - 50 min, 171°C
- 12. Let cool - approx 5 min
- 13. Turn out onto cooling rack
METHOD
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