Ingredients
225g seedless raisins (or other dried fruit)
100g soft brown sugar
1 cup of cold fruit or chamomile tea
225g self raising flour
½ level teaspoon mixed spice
1 x Orange
1 Medium Egg
Method
Preheat oven to 325F 160C Gas 3
Line or grease loaf tin
Grate the rind of the orange
Put the dried fruit and sugar into a large basin
Add the orange rind
Pour over the cold tea and leave overnight or for 12 hours
Gently mix the egg
Add the sifted flour, mixed spice and egg to the mixture
Pour into loaf tin
Bake for 1½ hours
Leave to cool for 15 minutes before turning out of tin
Cool on wire rack
