Wednesday

Mark's Sticky Marmalade Tea Cake

Not many of you probably remember Mark from Great British Bake Off series 1... but he made a marmalade tea loaf which sunk in the middle. So I decided to try and make it!


  •  225g self-raising flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 2 tsp ground ginger
  • 1 tsp ground mixed spice
  • 175g soft light brown muscovado sugar
  • 100g chopped mixed nuts (I used brazil nuts and almonds)
  • 175g unsalted butter, very soft
  • 3 eggs, beaten
  • 140g marmalade
900g loaf tin, greased or a 20cm round cake tin like I used.

  1. Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/gas 4.
  2. Sift the flour, baking powder, ginger and mixed spice into a bowl and stir in the sugar and nuts.
  3. Add the butter and eggs, and all but 1 tbsp of the marmalade. 
  4. Mix well (this requires A LOT of elbow grease, trust me!).
  5. Spoon the mixture into the tin and spread evenly.
  6. Bake for 40 minutes then cover with foil and bake for another 20 minutes. 
  7. Leave to cool. Meanwhile, warm the marmalade with a couple of tsp of water and brush over the loaf.
 ("Great British Book of Baking")





1 comments:

LazyLauraMaisey said...

I just made it and it has also sunk in the middle. I think it doesn't need self raising flour AND baking powder. Because it explodes up and then deflates. Surely plain flour would be better?