Lapsang Souchong tea makes this a special fruity loaf for any occasion.

Ingredients

• ¾ cup mixed dried fruit
• ¼ cup chopped dried figs
• ¼ cup finely chopped glace ginger
• ½ cup sugar
• 1 cup hot strong Lapsang Souchong tea
• 1½ cups self rising flour
• ½ tsp grated nutmeg
• ½ cup self rising wholemeal flour
• 1 egg

Method

1. Toss the dried and glace fruits and sugar together. Pour over the hot tea leave until cool.
2. Sift the self rising flour and nutmeg together into a large bowl and stir in the wholemeal flour.
3. Beat the egg into the cooled fruit mixture. Carefully stir in the flour.
4. Transfer the mixture to a well-greased and lined 21 cm x 9 cm loaf tin.
5. Bake at 180ºC for 30 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean. Allow to cool in the tin for 10 minutes before turning out on to a cake rack to cool. Store in an airtight container. Serve sliced with butter or sweetened cream cheese.