Can I use sultanas instead of raisins?

dotchas

Hi
I wanted to make a Raisin Tea loaf like my Mum used to make.
Gathered all the ingredients and realise that I have bought Sultanas by mistake.:o
The recipe is quite simple ,soak raisins and soft brown sugar in cold tea overnight and then add eggs and flour before baking.
Don't want to waste the sultanas ,is it worth trying to use them?



I have my first attempt at a pastry-less quiche in the oven!

Gingernutmeg

It should be fine ... personally I don't like raisins or currants, so I tend to swap these for sultanas and I've never had any disasters

dotchas

Gingernutmeg wrote: »

It should be fine ... personally I don't like raisins or currants, so I tend to swap these for sultanas and I've never had any disasters

Thanks!:beer:

Maybe I'll have invented Sultana Tea Loaf!

Quiche is looking good,wish I'd tried it years ago .I am rubbish at making pastry cases.They normally look like biscuits and wouldn't hold any fillings!

peb

I have to say I just buy value mixed fruit and use it for all recipies!

Gingernutmeg

dotchas wrote: »

Maybe I'll have invented Sultana Tea Loaf!

Last year I got give an absolute LOAD of golden sultanas - they were lovely but I had no idea how I was ever going to get through them. Then I found a recipe online for a tea loaf, and adapted it a bit using golden sultanas, earl grey tea and some mixed peel. It was very good and I got through the sultanas quickly after that as everyone kept asking me for more of the tea loaf!

belfastgirl23

sounds really yummy

snails's_pace

they all taste the same if you smother them in chocolate

Dukie_Boy

Hi Dotchas
I Should Think It Will Be Ok
They Are Both Dried Grapes One Is White

Good Cooking
Dukie Boy

maow425

Oh, dotchas, please can I have the recipe? I've just bagged a Kenwood Chef, and I'm dying to use it!

thriftlady_2

You can use any dried fruit - honest
sultanas
currants
dates
prunes
figs
apricots
glace cherries
nuts and seeds would be good too

I guarantee the loaf will taste good and not explode, implode or turn into a brick Recipes are just one person's idea of how to put ingredients together. One of the most important skills in cookery is knowing how to substitute likely ingredients

moanymoany

Yup, sultanas will be great. The Tesco value ones are good.

This recipe sounds like stuff called barm brack my frind used to make years ago - it was lovely stuff.:D