Slow Cooker Tea Loaf

Slice of fruit cake cut out from round cake on wooden board.

4.76 from 25 votes

An old-fashioned fruit cake recipe where the dried fruit is soaked in tea before baking to add flavour and plump up the fruit, baked in the slow cooker

Course Baking

Cuisine Slow Cooker

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 2

Total Time 2 5

Servings

Calories 321kcal

Author Lucy Allen | BakingQueen74

Equipment

Ingredients

375 g mixed dried fruit I used currants, mixed peel and sultanas
250 ml hot tea
50 g butter or margarine
100 g light brown sugar
1 medium egg
225 g self-raising flour
3 tsp cinnamon

UK Measurements - US Measurements

Instructions

Make the tea in a jug then measure your dried fruit into a large bowl.
250 ml hot tea, 375 g mixed dried fruit
Pour the hot tea over the dried fruit and mix it well. Cover the bowl and leave it to soak overnight if possible or for a few hours. I soaked mine for 3 hours and this seemed plenty, as the fruit plumped up and soaked in a lot of the tea.
Cream the butter with the sugar in another large bowl.
50 g butter or margarine, 100 g light brown sugar
Add the egg and beat well.
1 medium egg
Sift in the flour and cinnamon and mix. It may look dry at this stage but will be fine after you add the soaked fruit and any remaining tea.
225 g self-raising flour, 3 tsp cinnamon
Add the fruit and any remaining tea. If there is a lot of remaining tea the best method is to pour some off into a bowl, and add it bit by bit until the mixture is moist but not too runny.
Mix well.
Grease and line your slow cooker pot with baking paper, then pour in the tea loaf mixture.
Cook on high for one and a half to two hours. Keep an eye out for burning. Use the skewer test in the centre of the cake to check when it is ready.

Notes

Slow cooker size: 3.5 litre.

Timings: Remember the time for your tea loaf to cook in the slow cooker will depend on your particular slow cooker (as they all work at different wattages and temperatures), it might take more or less time. As you would with a cake in the oven, keep an eye out to see when it is cooked or burning round the edges, and use a skewer or knife to check if the centre is cooked.

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