Dairy free, Soya free, Egg free (with variation) Wheat free, Gluten Free, Corn Free, Nut free
Ingredients
- 1 teabag
- 200ml just boiled water
- 1 unwaxed lemon (didn't have any, didn't bother)
- 375g mixed dried fruit of your choice
- 2 tsp ground mixed spice
- 1 ripe banana
- organ egg replacer equiv. to 2 eggs
- 2 tbsp free from milk (optional, only if mixture not a soft "dropping" consistency)
- 150g Doves Farm self raising flour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
Method
- Preheat oven to 170C/Fan 150C/GasMark3
- Pour boiling water into a large bowl with the tea bag and leave for 5 mins. Squeeze and discard bag.
- Weigh dried fruit (I used a complete mixture) and add this and the mixed spice to the tea. Either microwave or simmer on the hob until almost all the tea has been absorbed.
- Leave to cool for approx 40mins. Meanwhile line an 8" square tin with baking paper.
- In a blender or food processor, whizz up the egg replacer mixture and banana to make a puree. Add in the flour and baking powder. You could do this in a mixer (Kenwood/KitchenAid) but it works best in something faster.
- Pour the egg/banana/flour mixture into the fruit and mix it all together.
- Transfer to tin and bake for 30 minutes.
- Turn the cake out, peel off the baking parchment before it cools and leave to cool properly - or at least so it's not going to burn your fingers!!
Ooh yum, if you leave tea overnight its even more moist, I made one recently on the blog. They are so good with a cup of tea. Good to see it worked.
ReplyDeleteThat looks lovely - I really like a nice fruit loaf
ReplyDeleteLooks delicious and so useful to have a dairy free / gluten free alternative :)
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ReplyDeleteWe love a nice tea loaf. Must give this a try
ReplyDeleteYum yum - now that is what my cup of tea has been missing!
ReplyDeleteI love fruit loaf so it would be interesting to see what a dairy free/gluten free loaf would taste like in comparison. Nothing beats a slice of fruit loaf with a lovely hot cup of tea or even earl grey x
ReplyDeleteOoh that looks wonderful - be good to try making this for when my gluten free brother comes over :)
ReplyDeleteI love a good fruit loaf... I have to check what is the difference between recipes as yours one looks so much better
ReplyDeleteThanks Agata. To be honest it's a little dry today, I'm glad most of the leftovers from yesterday are in the freezer. It was delicious yesterday straight out of the oven. I think eggs would be better but wanted to try hard and make an egg free version. An additional banana might actually help.
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ReplyDeleteOooh I do love a nice tea loaf, that looks really good.
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ReplyDeleteYummmm. This sounds great. I find egg and dairy free cakes are always best served warm as they seem to dry out easily but a little heat seems to bring the moisture back, especially when they contain fruit. Thanks for linking up with #recipeoftheweek. I've pinned and tweeted this post, and there’s a fresh linky live now for this week. I would love you to pop over and join in :) x
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