A summery fruit loaf

Summer has arrived with some hot days for us - the humidity is high & it is rather draining. 

Being the weekend, we felt like something with our tea, but in my view, it is too hot for cakes. However, tea loaves are much lighter & they give you that energy hit when you need it. 

I really just winged it - this is how I did it ... 

In a bowl combine

about 1 cup of dates,  1 cup of raisins / currants 

Pour boiling water over a large mug of 2 bags of peach &  orange tea (with citrusy baobab) or whatever tea you have to hand. 

Leave to cool & for the fruit to plump up. 

I left it for about 20 minutes.

I mixed 200 g of brown sugar with 200g of butter & whisked them well together. 

I added the fruit & the tea liquid to the bowl, mixed it up (mainly to break up the dates) then added 300g of self raising flour & 1 egg & mixed it all briefly. 

This was placed in a lined loaf tin & baked at 160-170 C fan for 1 hour or until a knife came out of the centre cleanly. 

The loaf cooling safely away from all the things that buzz about in summer ... 

K

Definitely better option in the hot weather with an ice cold juice. 

What is cooling  on your baking rack at the moment? Tell all ... 

Dee 👩‍🍳🍞🍇🍊