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Earl grey tea soaked fruit cake
2021-03-27
Ingredients
- 150g dried cranberries
- 150g dried apricots, chopped
- 125g sultanas
- 85g candied peel
- 1 orange, juice and rind
- 150ml hot Earl grey tea
- 175g caster sugar
- 175g margarine (Stork)
- 3 eggs (Le Naturelle)
- 175g self raising flour
- 90g ground almonds
- 100g melted white chocolate
Method
Start this recipe by soaking ¾ of the dried fruit with the orange zest and rind and the hot Earl grey tea in advance for 2 hours or overnight. Mix together the sugar with the margarine, then mix in the eggs one at a time adding in a tbsp. of the ground almonds with each addition. Fold in the remaining ground almonds, flour and finally the prepared fruit. Spoon into a greased and lined 20cm cake tin and bake at 160°C for 1 hour-1 hour 15 mins. When ready, cool down before removing from the tin. Cover with the melted chocolate and decorate with the reserved fruit.
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