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Market Spice Rooibos Fruit Tea Loaf.
This one was a winner. After making Irish Breakfast Tea-infused Scones, we learned our lesson on how to properly infuse baked goods with the wide-array of flavors tea can provide. The lesson? Steep your tea! Don't just add ground loose leaf tea leaves. Simply baking them won't extract the flavors!
This round, we gained redemption! We decided to use Market Spice Rooibos, a caffeine-free, spicy, cinnamon-orange flavored tea and we weren't disappointed with the result.
To start, here's the recipe & instructions:
INSTRUCTIONS
Market Spice tea is a world renown blend originating in Pike Place Market in Seattle. The original market spice is a black tea, but there are also green and rooibos variations. We wanted to keep this loaf caffeine-free, so we decided to use the rooibos blend. It combines pure african redbush tea, cinnamon pieces, cloves, orange pieces, cinnamon oil, and orange oil to achieve a flavor like none other!
Now Market Spice teas are powerful. We were somewhat afraid this loaf would be overwhelmingly "orangey," but the result was a moist & fruity tea cake with a very fulfilling orange & cinnamon flavor. Not overbearing and not underwhelming. That said, we do think there could be some improvements to our recipe.
If you venture to try this recipe, what ever tea you do decide to use, steep your chosen dried fruit overnight in your tea. This will allow the fruit to soak up more of the liquid and allow the loaf to rise more during cooking.
We also found this Market Spice Rooibos Fruit Tea Loaf to be missing an important ingredient: A frosting/drizzle!
Our Recommendations: Add a cream cheese drizzle or cream cheese frosting!
Cream Cheese Drizzle Ingredients:
Cream Cheese Frosting Ingredients:
Have questions? Let us know in the comments and we'll get back to you when we can!
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If you don't know how to make a simple syrup, you can learn how in our post here. It's super easy and is a fun way to add a bit of character to your beverages, cocktails, desserts, or as a creative addition to your culinary repertoire!