Earl Grey Tea Cake

As noted yesterday, I made an Earl Grey Tea Cake. It is a moist fruity cake but not as dense as regular fruit cakes. Don't let the idea of the tea put you off, it really doesn't overpower the fruit flavours. It does make the dried fruit very plump and delicious. The kids weren't keen on it but maybe because it is a fruit cake I would have to sell it a little harder maybe warm with custard. That usually works. It could also be that it isn't an overly pretty cake, just wholesome.

Earl Grey Tea Cake

Ingredients

150 grams butter

190 grams brown sugar

1 cup strong Earl grey Tea

250 grams mixed driend fruit

215 grams self raising flour

1 egg

Method

Grease and line a 20cm cake tin.

Preheat oven to 180 degrees C

Place the butter., tea, sugar and mixed fruit in a saucepan and stir over a low heat until the sugar has dissolved. Bring to the boil and then simmer for about 5 minutes.

Cool for a few minutes.

Stir in flour and egg.

Pour into tin and bake for about 80 minutes.

Cool in the tin.

I rarely wait for the mixture to cool properly, I just let it cool enough to stop the egg from cooking when stirred in. I think the secret to the cakes moistness is boiling the fruit.

Now I am cooking a cheesecake and a slow-cooked lamb with harissa, dates and cinnamon. My son is coming home after a week at leadership camp so he will be mighty hungry. They probably only had bbq all week.
Tracy