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Nutrition: per cake

  • kcal549
  • fat14g
  • saturates8g
  • carbs93g
  • sugars35g
  • fibre5g
  • protein12g
  • salt1.2g
    low

Method

  • step 1

    Put the fruit and zest in a bowl and cover with the hot tea. Leave to steep overnight.

  • step 2

    Heat the milk in a small pan until hot but not boiling. Remove from the heat and add the butter, swirling the pan to help the butter melt and cool the milk. Leave to cool to hand temperature. Tip the flour, mixed spice, sugar, yeast and ½ tsp salt into a large bowl. Pour in the warm milk mixture, the egg and 1 tbsp of the tea from the soaked fruit. Mix with a wooden spoon to combine, then tip onto your surface and knead for 5 mins until smooth and elastic, adding a little more flour if the mixture is too sticky. Place in a clean, oiled bowl and cover with cling film, then leave in a warm place to rise for 2 hrs until doubled in size.

  • step 3

    Flour 2 large flat baking trays, knock all the air out of your dough and add the soaked fruit (drain the fruit first if you have any liquid left in the bowl). Knead the fruit into the dough until well distributed – you may need to add a little extra flour if the fruit makes the dough too sticky. Break into 6 pieces and shape into balls. Place on the floured baking trays, well spaced apart, and squash each down lightly with the palm of your hand. Cover loosely with oiled cling film, then leave to prove for 30 mins-1 hr, until doubled in size.

  • step 4

    Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Uncover the teacakes and bake for 25 mins, swapping the trays over halfway hrough cooking, until golden and hollow-sounding when tapped on the base. Brush each one with a little apricot jam and return to the oven for a further 1-2 mins. Leave to cool on a wire rack. Serve warm from the oven or split and toasted, topped with lashings of butter. Will keep in a tin for up to 4 days.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, March 2013

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A star rating of 5 out of 5.3 ratings

autumnlight

These were nice, but don't taste of earl grey at all.

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hezifesi

Quite dissapointed with these.. they turned out bland, yeasty.. way too much work for very little effect :/

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choccylab

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Delicious. It's a bit of an all day event making these, but worth it! I didn't have earl grey tea, so just used ordinary tea, and popped a few drops of lemon juice and a squirt of honey in instead. As per the previous comment, they were absolutely massive!!

nhkiosk

I would have loved to 'pin' this on my Pinterest board. Didn't see a share or Pin it button?

mscupcake

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

this was fun to make - not hurried but relaxing. The teacakes were light and delicious, although the jam on top was a bit sticky - especially as I toasted them! They were also HUGE. I made 8 and they were generous.

I actually made the dough in my breadmaker and added the fruit as instructed when…

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