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Friday, June 12, 2015

Mincemeat And Marzipan Tea Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

  • 8 ounces self-raising flour
  • 4 ounces cold butter, cut into pieces
  • 3 ounces light muscovado sugar
  • 3 ounces marzipan, cut in to 1/2 cubes
  • 2 eggs
  • 10 ounces mincemeat
  • 2 tablespoons sliced almonds
  • icing sugar, for dusting

Recipe

  • 1 preheat the oven to 180c / gas 4 / fan 160c.
  • 2 butter a 2lb loaf tin and line the base with greaseproof paper.
  • 3 tip the flour into a bowl, add the cold butter and rub until the mixture forms fine crumbs. (i do this in the food processor to save time) stir in the sugar and marzipan cubes.
  • 4 in another bowl, lightly whisk the eggs, and then stir in the mincemeat. stir this into the flour mixture until evenly combined.
  • 5 spoon in to the prepared loaf tin, smooth and sprinkle the flaked almonds over the top.
  • 6 bake for 1 hour until the tea bread is risen and golden brown, or a skewer inserted comes out clean, (except for it you push it through a piece of marzipan!).
  • 7 lightly dust the tea bread with icing sugar while it is still hot.
  • 8 allow to cool in the tin for 10 minutes then tip on to a wire rack to cool completely.

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