Wartime tea loaf recipe | Sainsbury`s Magazine

Wartime tea loaf recipe | Sainsbury`s Magazine

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Inspired by wartime cooks who had to get creative, this 'war cake' is an eggless loaf loaded with dried fruit and spice. We’ve soaked our fruit in a smoky tea to add depth of flavour, then served...

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Ingredients

  • 2 Lapsang Souchong tea bags
  • 350g mixed dried fruit (we used dried figs, apricots, cherries, prunes)
  • 200g light brown sugar
  • 75g soft butter
  • 250g plain flour
  • 1 heaped tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 3 cardamom pods, seeds crushed
  • 1 tsp ground mixed spice
  • ½ tsp ground nutmeg
  • 100g caster sugar
  • 3 tbsp dark rum
  • 150ml double cream
  • 125g mascarpone
  • 1 tbsp icing sugar

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