Sultana Cup of Tea Cake

This was a recipe my mum used to make and it always reminds me of her.
Her 'cup-of-tea-cake' is a fat-less loaf cake that is delicious on its own, or spread with butter. 

Using the same size mug
Put 1 mug caster sugar 
and 1 mug dried sultanas into a large bowl
Pour over 1 mug of hot tea
Leave for at least half an hour, but longer if needed. 
Stir occasionally to make sure the sugar dissolves.

Add 1 beaten egg
2 mugs of self-raising flour

Mix together and pour into a loaf tin
Bake for 1 hour on Gas 4

Cranberry Tea Loaf

The baking for family camp began in earnest this morning. I started out with one of my favourites - cup-of-tea-cake. It's a fat-less loaf cake that is delicious on its own, or spread with butter. Either way it keeps well, and lasts longer than muffins.

Using the same sized mug -

In a large bowl mix
1 mug cranberries
1 mug caster sugar

Pour in 1 mug hot tea 
Leave for at least half an hour, longer if possible, for all the sugar to dissolve, stirring occasionally.

Then mix in:
1 beaten egg 
2 mugs of self-raising flour

Pour into a loaf tin and
Bake for 1 hour on Gas 4

Chilli Chai Cranberry Loaf

Tonight's little gem is my favourite tea loaf made with chilli chai tea and, instead of the usual mixed fruit, I used cranberries (only because I ran out of mixed fruit). But it looks just fine, and hopefully the guys at work will love it when it reaches the staff room on my birthday. 

First make a pot of hot strong chilli chai tea

In a bowl stir in together:

1 cup of caster sugar 

1 cup of dried cranberries

Add 1 cup of hot tea, 

Stir and leave to brew for at least half an hour, longer if possible.

(I left mine all day today)

Then add:

1 large egg

2 cups self-raising flour

and mix together

Pour the mixture into a loaf tin

Bake on Gas 4 for 1 hour

And voila!! Fabulous Fat Free Food  

Tomorrow I need to squeeze in baking a couple of batches of muffins before I go out to celebrate the impending birthday with a wonderful Indian meal at the Mango.

Chilli Chai Tea Loaf

This is a real treat that is totally fat free - unless you slice it up and spread butter on it (which is really nice). The sugar overload won't be helpful to your teeth though. I usually do this loaf with regular 'Tetley' tea, but when I spotted the Chilli Chai lurking in the pantry, I figured it would make a nice change.

First make a pot of strong hot tea.

In a large bowl put:

one cup of sugar 

one cup of mixed fruit 

Pour in one cup of the hot tea to soak into the sugar and fruit.

Leave it for at least half an hour, but the longer the better. My mum used to soak it overnight. Anyway, while you're waiting you could drink the rest of the pot of tea.

Then mix in:

one large egg

And stir in:

2 cups self-raising flour

Pour it into a greased loaf tin
Bake for 1 hour
Gas 4

Leave in the tin for a few minutes before removing onto a wire rack to cool