I
can’t resist this invitation to 'Come to Tea' from Sheila’s old recipe book. It’s an interesting teabread recipe for Orange Walnut Bread. The old recipe refers to cupfuls for most of
the ingredients so I’ve converted this to metric and imperial weights and measures. It’s a lighter teabread
than the usual ones with dried fruit so I think it would have been a popular
summer recipe.
Orange Walnut Bread
5 cupfuls flour (550g/1lb 4oz)
1 cupful wheatmeal (110g/4oz)
6 tsps baking powder
1 cupful sugar (110g/40z)
½ cupful mixed peel (50g/2oz)
½ cupful chopped walnuts (50g/20z)
2 cupfuls milk (300ml/½ pint)
1 egg
Pre the oven to 170C/Mark 3/325F Sift
the flour, wheatmeal, baking powder and sugar together. Stir in the mixed peel
and walnuts. Mix thoroughly, then lightly beat in the milk and egg. Turn into 2
greased or lined loaf tins. Bake for 45 minutes in a moderate oven.
Meryl says : This
recipe works very well as a teabread especially when spread with lashings of butter.
It’s a perfect addition to Grandma Abson's Afternoon tea repertoire! What do you think?
