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Scottish Tea Bread ~ Gill Mayo

Gill remembers when on holiday in Scotland, several years ago,
they had Scottish Tea Bread. They were in a small family run tea
room and the bread was made on the premises. Although this isn't
the exact recipe (which was a secret ) the lady gave Gill a rough
idea of it.
The bread is lovely spread with butter and keeps well for about five
days but not that long in Gill's house!

Ingredients:
170 g sultanas
170 g raisins
orange zest
2 eggs lightly beaten
250 g self raising flour
200 g light brown sugar
1 teaspoon mixed spice
300 ml strong black tea

Method:
à mix fruit and orange zest in a large bowl, pour over hot tea
à cover and leave overnight
à grease and line a 2 lb loaf tin
à heat oven 180 c / 160 c fan / gas 4
à add the rest of the ingredients to the fruit and mix well
à put mixture in prepared tin, bake for one and a quarter hours
à test with a skewer (Gill recommends testing after an hour)
à when baked leave in the tin for 10 mins then turn out onto a
rack to cool

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