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Champagne marmalade bar with marmalade vodka glaze

Yields1 Serving

Loaf cakes are a very easy way to get your cake fix.

 200g self-raising flour
 1 tsp mixed spice
 100g golden caster sugar
 Grated zest of 1 lemon and 1 orange (unwaxed)
 150g mixed dried fruit – sultanas/raisins/currants etc
 Pinch of salt
 140g unsalted butter
 5 tbsp marmalade (good quality like Seville or champagne)
 125ml full fat milk
 1 tsp white wine vinegar
Glaze:
 Remaining 3 tbsp of marmalade
 2 tbsp icing sugar
 2 tbsp marmalade vodka or another orange flavour liquor
 1 tbsp demerara sugar
1

Heat your oven to 160c

2

Line a loaf tin with baking paper

3

Mix all the dry ingredients in a bowl with the fruits/zest

4

Melt the butter and 2 tbsp marmalade until dissolved and liquid, then stir in the milk and vinegar and mix well

5

Pour into the dry bowl and mix well with a wooden spoon

6

Pour into the loaf tin and bake for 1 hour, check with a skewer to ensure its cooked

7

Meanwhile, make the glaze by heating up the remaining marmalade, liquor and icing sugar, bubble and simmer for 2-3 mins to get thick and syrupy

8

Pour this over the cake when it’s cooked and then sprinkle the sugar evenly over the top

9

Leave to cool in the tin and then slice carefully into 8ish slices and serve