Derbyshire Fruit Loaf

• 1 lb mixed dried fruit
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup hot black tea (English Breakfast or Earl Grey would be best suited to this recipe)
• 1 large egg
• 2 cups self-rising flour
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 dash ground cloves
• 2 tablespoons orange marmalade or 2 tablespoons citris marmalade
• cooking spray

1. Put the dried fruit and the sugar into a mixing bowl, add the hot tea and leave to soak overnight.
2. The next day, preheat oven to 300 degrees.
3. Spray and line a 7 inch cake pan or a loaf pan.
4. Stir the egg, flour, spices and the marmalade into the fruit, sugar and tea mixture. Pour into the cake pan or the loaf pan.
5. Bake for 1 1/2 -2 hours until firm to the touch or until a skewer pushed into the cake comes out clean. Do not open the oven during the first hour of baking time.

sugar, hot black tea, egg, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, ground cloves, orange marmalade, cooking spray

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/derbyshire-fruit-loaf-138706 (may not work)