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Apple & Sultana Teacakes

Sweet rolls studded with apples and sultanas, toasted and slathered in butter – amazing. 

Teacakes instantly make me think of the North, and Northern England, specifically Yorkshire is somewhere I am particularly fond of. I’m not suggesting that teacakes aren’t eaten anywhere else in the UK, but I think they are a bit more popular up North. 

To me, Teacakes are the all year and bigger equivalent of a hot cross bun. They also don’t have the fiddly cross on the top which makes them easier to make!

I usually stock up on hot cross buns at Easter and freeze them so I can have one later in the year when they’re not in the shops, but after making these I can honestly say I won’t do that anymore and I will whip up a batch of these. 

I followed the basic recipe by Paul Hollywood but adapted the flavours. I know currants and mixed peel are traditional, but I don’t really like either of these!

I decided to adapt the recipe to make my ideal teacake – apple and sultana with the subtle taste of cinnamon. Now before you get worried that the cinnamon will be overpowering, the amount I have included in the recipe is subtle.

But if you are worried you can add half the amount instead as I know some people (like my Mum) aren’t too keen on cinnamon.

I on the other hand am pretty fanatical about cinnamon and I added nearly 2 teaspoons of it to my dough! 

I decided to use dried apple instead of fresh apple because I didn’t want to risk the moisture from the apples giving me a soggy dough.

The dried apple worked really well and the flavour combination was exactly what I was hoping for. Just a heads up though, dried apple doesn’t seem to be stocked in all supermarkets, well at least not where I live. I had to go to a large supermarket to get it.

Once the Teacakes have been rolled out and proved, I would recommend poking in any of the fruit which is sticking out above the dough. If not, some of the exposed fruit may get a little black and a blackened sultana is quite bitter! 

Usually when you bake bread, eating it the same day and enjoying the freshly baked goodness is essential. However as Teacakes are toasted, they can be enjoyed the next day too. I

t did feel strange toasting freshly baked bread though, but in my opinion you do have to toast a Teacake. But if you’re like my Dad, he would eat it as it is, maybe that’s because he’s from the South!

500g strong white flour
10g salt
60g caster sugar
1 tsp ground cinnamon (heaped)
10g instant yeast
50g unsalted butter, softened
300ml water
100g sultanas 
100g dried apple
1 egg, beaten
Spray oil

  1. Add the flour into you mixer and add the yeast to one side of the bowl and the sugar, salt and cinnamon to the other. Then add the butter and 225g of the water. Attach the dough hook and mix until the flour starts to get incorporated 

  1. Keep adding the rest of the water until all of the flour is incorporated and a ball of dough is forming. You might need all of the water, or you might need a bit more  just make sure you add it slowly so you don’t add too much

  1. Set the mixer to a medium speed and knead the dough for around 5 minutes. You may need to pull the dough from around the hook if it gets stuck to make sure it keeps getting kneaded. If the dough gets a bit wet and sticky, add a sprinkle of flour
  2. Once the dough is soft and smooth, put it in  clean bowl and cover with oiled cling film and leave to rise until it has at least doubled in size. This could take anywhere between 1 – 3 hours 

  1. Line 2 baking trays with baking paper. Uncover the dough and add the sultanas and apple. Start mixing them into the dough in the bowl before turning the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and kneading for a minute or so to fully incorporate the fruit

  1. Divide the dough into 8 equal portions and roll into balls. Using a rolling pin roll out each ball until it is around 1cm thick and then place on the lined baking tray. Do this for all 8 balls and put four buns on each tray making sure there is some space around each

  1. Brush the teacakes with the beaten egg and cover with oiled cling film. Leave for an hour or until they have doubled in size

  1. Preheat the oven to 200ºC and bake the teacakes (after removing the cling film obviously!) for 10-15 minutes until they are golden and sound hollow when tapped

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  1. Rebecca Beesley says

    September 15, 2017 at 12:24 pm

    these look sooo tasty and have made me feel thoroughly hungry!!! #gbbobloggers2017 xxx

    Reply
    • Cat says

      September 15, 2017 at 3:26 pm

      I was chuffed. They turned out exactly as I wanted flavour wise! x

      Reply
  2. Jenny Paulin says

    September 17, 2017 at 7:55 am

    I adore as buttered, toasted teacake. I could eat them for breakfast , lunch and dinner! oh and elevenses! ha ha
    I have never made my own teacakes before, so I am very impressed at yours and apple and sultana ones sound delicious!
    thank you for linking up #GBBOBloggers2017 x

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  3. Angela / Only Crumbs Remain says

    September 17, 2017 at 1:15 pm

    Ooh yummy! I love that you’ve included apple & cinnamon along with the sultanas in you tea cakes Cat, it’s such a lovely change to those you can get in the shops (though I think my Mum is like your Mum and would probably end up reducing the cinnamon too !)
    I’m a Yorkshire girl, and it fascinates me how different areas give breads different names. Where I was brought up in west Yorkshire we would call these a fruit teacake, and a teacake was simply plain dough (shaped like you have but no fruit or spice). And yet just a few miles from where we lived their teacakes contained fruit! Maybe it was our family – who knows! I recall once going across the boarder to Lancashire and asking for a ‘chip buttie’ in a fish & chip shop. The assistat looked at me odd wondering what a buttie was. So I said it’s chips in a bread sandwich. Which it is. So she served it as chips in sliced bread, where as to us in Yorkshire a chip buttie would be served with a teacake (though no fruit!!)
    Thankyou for joining in with #BakingCrumbs Cat, it lovely to have you there.
    Angela x

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    • Cat says

      September 17, 2017 at 8:57 pm

      What is it with Mum’s and cinnamon? haha. It is very interesting, it’s the same down here with plain bread rolls. People call them all sorts of things, baps, cobs and barm cakes. I am very familiar with a chip buttie, but I’m not fussy and will use a roll or sliced bread. Basically anything I can put my chips in!x

      Reply
  4. Helen says

    September 18, 2017 at 4:22 pm

    They are great looking buns Cat! I love the combo of apple, sultanas & cinnamon – always a winning combination πŸ™‚

    Reply
  5. Shell Louise says

    September 18, 2017 at 7:10 pm

    I love teacakes. Which is why Ant made a cottage loaf because I didn’t want to be tempted! They look lovely πŸ™‚

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    • Cat says

      September 18, 2017 at 9:12 pm

      Haha good plan! I did freeze most of mine to hide the temptation!x

      Reply
  6. Louise Fairweather says

    September 18, 2017 at 8:48 pm

    Oh my boys would love these flavours

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    • Cat says

      September 18, 2017 at 9:11 pm

      great πŸ™‚ x

      Reply
  7. Sammie says

    September 18, 2017 at 9:59 pm

    Adore the flavour combo of your tea cakes, I’m not a mixed peel fan either! I love the idea of dried apple, absolutely yummy

    Reply
    • Cat says

      September 18, 2017 at 10:01 pm

      Thank you πŸ™‚ I was rather pleased with the flavour of them x

      Reply

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