Black Tea Date & Fig Cake

參考 http://www.taste.com.au/ 上面的食譜做了些變化, 跟JJ試吃之後覺得不錯, 可留下來下次再試的價值.

Black Tea Date & Fig Cake
蜜棗無花果紅茶磅蛋糕


Ingredients (serves 6-8)

• 2 Black tea bag (試做用的是English breakfast)
• 230g roughly chopped dates
• 70g roughly chopped figs
• 265g self-raising flour (1 3/4 cup)
• 40g plain flour (1/4 cup) 這個比例做出來的蛋糕很紮實 (note for myself, maybe next time do the other way around with the flours or maybe add baking powder)
  
• 155g brown sugar (3/4 cup)
• 125g melted butter
• 2 lightly whisked eggs
• 1 tea spoon of nutmeg (肉豆蔻粉)
  
• Cream Butter(另外做的, 怕單吃蛋糕太乾, 又不喜歡直接加奶油) - 300g cream cheese (light), 1/3 cup of honey, 1/3 cup of maple syrup, 1/3 cup of icing sugar, 1/2 tea spoon cinnamon powder (肉桂粉)
  

Method

1. a night before-use 1 1/3 cups (330ml) hot water to brew the tea, for stronger flavor, leave the tea bag for 2 minutes, Pour the tea into a small bowl with all the chopped dates and figs. Cover and leave overnight.
   
2. on the day, preheat over to 160 C (Fan force)
3. Grease 22cm x 11 cm loaf pan
4. Sift the fours into a large bowl, stir in the sugar, the eggs, butter and the date & fig mix until just combined.
5. Spoon the mixture into the pan, bake for 55-60 minutes or until cooked thoroughly.
6. Let it cool down and serve with the cream butter.