Sybil Green’s Orange Fruited Teabread
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Orange Fruited Teabread
You may well remember Irene Canning who owned and ran Gibsons, later to become Quayles, a lovely restaurant in Romilly Crescent. This easy recipe came from her grandmother, ideal for Christmas left -over mincemeat.
Ingredients
4 ozs butter or margarine
8 ozs self raising flour
3 ozs caster sugar
2 eggs
8 ozs mincemeat
3 fl ozs orange juice
zest of 1 orange
- Heat oven to 180/350/4
- Grease a 2lb loaf tin (or use a liner, much easier!)
- Rub the butter into the flour and add the sugar
- Beat the eggs and add to the flour mixture with all the other ingredients. The mixture should be soft enough to drop easily from a spoon given a little shake. If too stiff add a little milk
- Put into tin and smooth the top.
- Bake for 1 – 11/4 hours. It should be golden brown and firm to the touch. Turn out onto a cool-ing rack.
This cake is lovely when fresh, or buttered if a little stale, or even as an impromptu pudding warmed in the microwave and served with custard