Derbyshire Fruit Loaf - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb mixed dried fruit
1 cup sugar
1 cup hot black tea (English Breakfast or Earl Grey would be best suited to this recipe)
1 large egg
2 cups self-rising flour
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1 dash ground cloves
2 tablespoons orange marmalade or 2 tablespoons citris marmalade
cooking spray

Preparation

Put the dried fruit and the sugar into a mixing bowl, add the hot tea and leave to soak overnight.
The next day, preheat oven to 300 degrees.
Spray and line a 7 inch cake pan or a loaf pan.
Stir the egg, flour, spices and the marmalade into the fruit, sugar and tea mixture. Pour into the cake pan or the loaf pan.
Bake for 1 1/2 -2 hours until firm to the touch or until a skewer pushed into the cake comes out clean. Do not open the oven during the first hour of baking time.