Plum Bread

This is an old English recipe which could easily be a keks recipe in Poland.

• It can be called a tea bread as the dried fruits are soaked in tea.
• Why is it called plum bread when there are no plums?
• In England in the past, plum referred to all the different dried fruits.
• The usage of the word plum to mean dried fruits has dropped out of usage.

Ingredients

• 450g mix of currants, sultanas and raisins
• 200ml of hot, strong Earl Grey tea
• 170g soft brown sugar
• 25g melted butter
• 250g plain flour
• 2 teaspoons of baking powder

Method

• Put the dried fruit and sugar into a bowl.
• Pour the tea over them and stir.
• Leave overnight.
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• Pre-heat the oven to GM4 – 180°C.
• Line a large loaf tin or use a cake liner.
• Mix the flour with the baking powder.
• Mix the flour mixture into the dried fruit mixture.
• Stir in the melted butter.
• Spoon into the tin and smooth the top.
• Bake for 60 minutes – check after 50 minutes and cover with greaseproof  paper if necessary to prevent burning.
• Leave to cool in the tin on a wire cake rack.

Served on Queen Anne, bone china tea plates