Name: Marmalade bar
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: Makes 1 cake, cuts into 8-10 slices
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 200g self-raising flour; 1 tsp mixed spice; 100g golden caster sugar; zest 1 orange; zest ½ lemon; 100g mixed dried fruit; 140g butter; 5 tbsp marmalade; 125ml milk; 1 tsp white wine vinegar; 2 tbsp icing sugar; 1 tbsp demerara sugar

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Marmalade bar

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Makes 1 cake, cuts into 8-10 slices

Easy

Prep: 20 mins

Cook: 1 hr

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A delicious loaf cake with the citrus tang of orange marmalade and a crunchy demerara topping

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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200g self-raising flour
1 tsp mixed spice
100g golden caster sugar
zest 1 orange
zest ½ lemon
100g mixed dried fruit
140g butter
5 tbsp marmalade
125ml milk
1 tsp white wine vinegar
2 tbsp icing sugar
1 tbsp demerara sugar

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Nutrition: per slice (10)

kcal282
fat12g
saturates8g
carbs41g
sugars27g
fibre1g
protein3g
salt0.2g

low

Method

step 1

Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Line a 900g/ 2lb loaf tin with greaseproof paper. Place the flour, mixed spice, caster sugar, zests, dried fruit and a pinch of salt into a large bowl.
step 2

Melt the butter and 2 tbsp marmalade in a saucepan, then stir in the milk. Pour liquid into the dry ingredients, add the white wine vinegar and mix well.
step 3

Pour the cake mixture into the lined loaf tin and bake for 1 hr, or until an inserted skewer comes out clean.
step 4

Meanwhile, make the glaze by heating the remaining marmalade with 2 tbsp water and the icing sugar until bubbling and syrupy. When the cake is cooked remove it from the oven, pour over the marmalade glaze, then sprinkle with demerara sugar. Leave to coolin the tin.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, March 2012

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