Fruity teacake

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• Helena

  12 June 2011

  Helena commented on this recipe

  Made this a couple of days ago and almost disappeared that day.Did slightly change it by adding a mashed banana as some said it was very dry.Mine certainly wasn't and tasted wonderful.

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• Helena

  12 June 2011

  Helena commented on this recipe

  Made this a couple of days ago and almost disappeared that day.Did slightly change it by adding a mashed banana as some said it was very dry.Mine certainly wasn't and tasted wonderful.

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• donnamoon

  14 June 2011

  donnamoon rated and commented on this recipe

  

  lovely, I used wholemeal self raising flour to make it even healthier, yummy!

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• Ellie_24

  18 June 2011

  Ellie_24 rated and commented on this recipe

  

  lovely cake! Wasn't at all dry, beautifully moist in fact :) Had to bake it for 30 mins longer than stated though and put some foil over the top to stop burning. A few changes made. Used only 270g fruit (cranberries, cherries, blueberries, prunes and raisins) with a dash of whiskey...yum! Also only used 75g sugar as don;t like stuff too sweet, certainly didn't suffer because of it. Finally topped with chopped pecans instead of the sugar. Just yummy!

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• catstaa

  23 June 2011

  catstaa rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I love this cake. Very easy to make, but I always end up having to bake it for around 1hr 15/20min in my gas oven. I use 300g dried fruit and it's yummy every time - looooove the demerera topping!!

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• Kelvin

  27 June 2011

  Kelvin commented on this recipe

  I cooked this it was great, my only request would be to include all measurements in your recipes in imperial as well as metric please, just for us 50 plusses who didn't do metric at school.

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• Zac

  28 June 2011

  Zac commented on this recipe

  I have made this so many times. It never fails and is so easy to make. Try experiementing with teas. I've used Earl Grey as well as ordinary cuppa tea bags. The fresh orange juice reallys brightens the taste of this cake. Recommended recipe

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• analisa

  22 July 2011

  analisa rated and commented on this recipe

  

  simply lovely :) Left out the sugar on top at the end ... as I did not want it to have too many calories - but the texture of this loaf is great!! I used dried cranberries and raisins instead of cherries .... would add some walnuts next time.

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• val Bradford

  13 August 2011

  val Bradford rated and commented on this recipe

  

  This cake was lovely and moist, and my volunteers at our Cancer research shop eat in all up in a day, so will have to make another and real soon)

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• catherine

  30 October 2011

  catherine commented on this recipe

  I'm new to baking and really want to try this try this but when adding the fruit mixture do u add with or without the liquid??

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• mynetbook

  09 November 2011

  mynetbook rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Catherine, slosh it all in together, I make this cake each week for my colleagues at the hospice , guilt free and delicious!!

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• jenpinky

  21 November 2011

  jenpinky commented on this recipe

  Left the dried fruit and cherries to soak in orange juice and tea overnight, added smatterings of ground cinnamon and ground nutmeg for Christmas flavour. Baked cake this afternoon and had a good slice with a cuppa, lovely! 10 out of 10, no doubt i'll be making another before the weeks out. Would make a great Christmas pressie in a nice cake tin!.

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• Becky_2010

  26 November 2011

  Becky_2010 commented on this recipe

  Anyone know if you can make this in a different type of tin?

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• briznik

  26 November 2011

  briznik rated and commented on this recipe

  

  This is a great "everyday" cake - I love to bake but often then end up with lots of sugary, fatty food in the house to use up which is not so great for the health! so this is a great recipe as it's slightly less naughty and it keeps long enough that you can have just a little slice each day. I just use whatever dried fruit I happen to have in the cupboard - this time I'll add some mixed peel left over from the Christmas cake, too. You can make it in any tin Becky, as long as you adjust the cooking time.

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• breo1959

  06 December 2011

  breo1959 rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I've had a go at making several fruit cake recipes, including rich fruit cakes and christmas cakes, and this is by far the nicest! The only criticism I have is that the recipe doesn't say if any of the tea is put into the mixture...I used just enough of it to get a 'dropping' consistency...and for that reason I'll give it a four!

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• ziggyflower

  10 December 2011

  ziggyflower commented on this recipe

  I've made this for the first time today and used 2 satsumas instead of the orange and it's delicious. I'll definitely be making this again and I'll soak the fruit in some booze next time too!

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• sazy

  05 January 2012

  sazy commented on this recipe

  Brill recipe but wished i would of put spices and cinnamon in my FELLA LOVED IT

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• kim

  07 January 2012

  kim rated and commented on this recipe

  

  made this yesterday and didn´t have an orange so used lemon and lemon zest instead. It was delicious and quite crumbly but had a slice today and it is much firmer and sliced well. One for the folder . Oh and added a splash of vermouth to the fruit.

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• Mandy

  19 January 2012

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• MsCupCake

  04 February 2012

  MsCupCake commented on this recipe

  Apols on hijacking this recipe thread ....but .....am itching to make the marmalade bar from the March 2012 edition and the recipe has no eggs in it - surely this can't be right? It must need at least one to set the mix, surely? It has 4 fl oz of milk and 5 oz of melted butter in it. Anybody have an opinion?

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Ingredients

• 300g mixture dried berries and cherries
• 225ml hot tea
• juice 1 orange (about 75ml/2½fl oz) plus zest
• 50g butter
• 100g light brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 225g self-raising flour
• 4 tbsp demerara sugar

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Serves 12

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Prep 15 mins

Cook 1 hr

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Ingredients

• 300g mixture dried berries and cherries
• 225ml hot tea
• juice 1 orange (about 75ml/2½fl oz) plus zest
• 50g butter
• 100g light brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 225g self-raising flour
• 4 tbsp demerara sugar

PER SERVING

231 kcalories, protein 3.0g, carbohydrate 48.0g, fat 4.0 g, saturated fat 3.0g, fibre 1.0g, sugar 33.0g, salt 0.27 g

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