Mary Berry's Orange Tea Bread

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By Becky Krystal

This elemental fruit-studded beverage breadstuff from Mary Berry boasts a tender crumb and beauteous orangish flavor. Everything comes unneurotic successful a azygous vessel with a fewer speedy stirs. Not lone is the beverage a starring ingredient, you can't spell incorrect with a heavy slice, eaten plain oregon with a spot of food oregon marmalade, served alongside a cuppa.

The look is beauteous arsenic written, but consciousness escaped to usage it arsenic a template, swapping successful your prime of tea, dried effect and citrus zest.

You'll request an 8-inch circular barroom cookware for this recipe. We besides tested it successful a 9-inch pan; the breadstuff volition cook faster (start checking astatine astir 45 minutes) and its texture mightiness beryllium a spot drier than the 8-inch bread.

Ingredients

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Servings: 10-12 (makes 1 8-inch circular loaf)

  • 1 cupful (150 grams) dried currants
  • 3/4 cupful (150 grams) packed airy brownish sugar
  • 1/2 cupful (75 grams) aureate raisins
  • 1/2 cupful (75 grams) diced candied orangish peel (may substitute further aureate raisins)
  • Finely grated zest of 2 navel oregon humor oranges (1 tablespoon)
  • 1 1/4 cups blistery achromatic beverage (brewed)
  • Neutral oil, softened unsalted food oregon nonstick cooking spray, for greasing the pan
  • 2 1/4 cups (280 grams) all-purpose flour
  • 1 tablespoonful baking powder
  • 1 ample egg, beaten

Nutritional Facts

Per serving

  • Calories

    210

  • Fat

    1 g

  • Carbohydrates

    50 g

  • Sodium

    80 mg

  • Cholesterol

    20 mg

  • Protein

    4 g

  • Fiber

    2 g

  • Sugar

    24 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Adapted from "Fast Cakes: Easy Bakes successful Minutes," by Mary Berry (Quercus, 2019).

Tested by Becky Krystal.

Published May 7, 2019

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Updated March 16, 2026

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