Saffron Tea Bread

Saffron Tea Bread

Ingredients:
spices, saffron
butter, without salt
sugars, powdered
raisins, seeded
cherries, sweet, raw
wheat flour, white, all-purpose, unenriched
leavening agents, baking powder, double-acting, sodium aluminum sulfate
salt, table

Directions:
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