Easy Irish Tea Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 (375 g) packet currants
• 1 cup cold tea
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 cups self raising flour
• 1 egg, lightly beaten

Recipe

• 1 soak currants in the tea and add the brown sugar. leave fruit overnight to soak.
• 2 next day add the self-raising flour and the sr flour and the lightly beaten egg.
• 3 mix well with a wooden spoon and place into a greased and lined small loaf tin. i think these are also referred to as a bar tin.
• 4 bake in a pre-heated moderate oven for about 1 hour. turn out and cool.
• 5 serve sliced and buttered. this loaf keeps very well for at least a week.
• 6 cooking and prep time does not include overnight soaking of the currants.