Inspired by Sous Chef Gertrude Snippetsofmylife again to made Raisin Teabread instead of raisin cake .This is my ever first time in my life I try to make tea bread from scratch.I use a electric whipper left over by my mother-in-law.I have no idea how to operate the machine.I have to seek Elliot help to set up and put it together.He told me that machine is older than me!!Since I never make any cake or bread from scratch,it's never cross my mind to get a new one.Well,if this experience making teabread will success,I'm going to buy a new hand whip machine soon.I bought this bread book recipe years ago and now I use it to mix with Chef Gertrude fruit cake recipe.

Ingredients :
4 packet of dried raisin
1/2 cup of Malibu rum.(I don't have dark or white rum)
2 sticks of butter
1 cups of coconut dark brown sugar
4 eggs
3 cups of flour
1 tsp of baking powder
2 tsp sugar
Zest of 1 orange

1) Soak the dry raisin with Malibu rum and Orange juice for overnight in the refrigerator
2)Clean up my mini non stick baking tin
3) Cream butter and sugar until blend thoroughly
4) Add all the eggs mix
5) Mix in orange zest
6) Add in soak dry raisins and then fold in sifted flour and baking powder
7) Pour batter into prepared cake tin.
8) Bake in a pre-heated 375 degree F oven for 70 mins or until centre is firm to touch or well risen.
9) Let the cake cool in the tin before removing the cake.
10)Remove the bread from the tin and turn the bread out on to a wire rack after 2-3 minutes.

I cut a piece in the center after it cool down.What I found is that tea bread is quite dry compare with cake.Or it's me that make the tea bread dry?.Well,I think I need to have more practise to make it taste good.I think it's not really hard to make cake or tea bread after this experience.The most important is to organise and prepare the ingredients in advance.So next time I will prepared all the needed ingredients in days or week before I try another new recipe.Now I have the courage to try the next step.Elliot just told me that he don't like the taste.So I guess,I'm the only one who is going to eat the rest of my Raisin TeaBread.