Saffron Tea Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 pinch saffron thread
100 g butter
100 g caster sugar
100 g golden sultana raisins
50 g chopped glace cherries
280 g plain flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 pinch salt

Preparation

put the saffron in a jug and pour in 230 ml of hot water.
leave to infuse for at least 20 minutes.
put the butter and sugar in a large saucepan and stir over a moderate heat.
When the butter has melted and mixed with the sugar, add the sultanas and cherries.
pour in the saffron water.
return to heat and simmer gently for 5 minutes.
leave to cool.
preheat over to 180c/gas 4.
grease and line a 500gr loaf tin.
stir in the flour/salt and baking powder and slowly stir into saffron mixture to form a batter.
Pour the batter into the prepared loaf tin and bake for between 1 and 1 and quarter hours, or until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.
leave to cool on a rack.
serve in slices with butter.
I have a 1 KG tin, so just use double the mixture and bake longer