Earl Grey Apricot Slices
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
-
Base
- 220 g butter
- 60 g icing sugar
- 1 egg
- 280 g plain flour, sifted
-
Topping
- 250 g dried apricots
- 200 ml strong earl grey tea
- 200 g caster sugar
- 3 medium eggs
- 2 grated lemons, zest of
- 120 ml lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 60 g plain flour
directions
- Method:-.
- Place apricots and tea in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil, reduce fire and cook till apricots are soft and liquid evaporates.
- Allow to cool then chop apricots coarsely. Set aside.
- Grease and line a 20 x 30cm slice tin.
- Cream butter and icing sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg.
- Fold in flour. Press into base of prepared tin. Bake in a preheated 180deg cel oven for 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile prepare the topping. Beat together sugar, eggs, lemon zest and juice. Fold in baking powder and flour. Set aside.
- When base is baked, sprinkle apricots over, then pour in lemon-egg mixture. Bake for a further 25mins or until golden brown. Allow to cool before cutting.
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Born in Singapore. Now living in Penang, Malaysia as my husband works here. Been here since Feb 2004. I have 3 boys aged 8,6 and 2.
Have a friend here who loves to cook and bake cakes and got this "baking disease" from her.. :) Have been trying to bake quick bread and easy cakes and so far nothing good has come out of it.... I'm good at making no bake cheesecake though... :-P