Ingredients

• 1¼ cups golden raisins (these are expensive but very important to the success of this recipe)
• ¾ cup STRONG Noël, Esprit de by Mariage Frères
• 4 oz butter (at room temperature)
• 2 eggs
• ¾ cup light brown sugar
• 2 cups self-rising flour
• 1 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 Tablespoon orange marmalade
• Juice and rind of 1 lemon

1. . Add sultanas to a bowl – pour on the tea and stir in the butter and brown sugar. Leave the mixture to soak overnight. The tea will be absorbed
2. . Next day preheat oven to 350. Grease 2 small loaf pans (8x4) generously
3. . Beat eggs and stir in the marmalade, lemon juice, and rind. Stir in the sultana mixture
4. . Stir together the flour and baking soda
5. . Add the sultana mixture stirring until the batter has no visible flour.
6. . Pour batter into the 2 greased loaf pans
7. . Bake for about 45 minutes or until a knife inserted comes out clean. DO NOT over bake!
8. . Cool in the pans for 20 minutes then turn out gently onto a rack. Wrap in foil when cool.
9. . These loaves improve with keeping! Good out of the oven, even better 2-3 days later
10. . Serve buttered with a cup of Noël, Esprit de by Mariage Frères

This recipe was developed for the Cultured Cup by Kyra Effren

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