Mango Tea Loaf Plait Food

MANGO BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour 2 loaf pans.
• Sift flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt together in a large bowl; make a well in the center.
• Whisk eggs, butter, sugar, and vanilla extract together in a separate bowl. Fold mango, coconut, and walnuts into the egg mixture; pour resulting mixture into the well in the center of the flour and mix well. Pour batter into prepared loaf pans and let sit at room temperature for 20 minutes.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

MANGO TEA BREAD

Steps:

• preheat oven to 350.
• grease and flour a 9x5 loaf pan.
• soak raisins in brandy for 15 minutes.
• puree mangoes in a processor until smooth, measure 1 cup, save the rest for another use.
• combine flour, cinnamon, salt, ginger, nutmeg and baking soda in a small bowl.
• in a large bowl beat sugar and butter with an electric mixer until fluffy.
• beat in eggs 1 at a time.
• add vanilla and mango puree.
• slowly beat in flour mixture.
• add raisins and brandy and stir well.
• pour into loaf pan, bake for 1 hr, 15 minutes until a toothpick inserted to center comes out clean.
• cool for 20 minutes in the pan, then turn out to a rack to cool completely.

MANGO ICED TEA

Steps:

• Bring water to a boil, turn off heat add tea bags and steep until tea is dark, about 5 minutes. Remove bags, add mango nectar and add sugar, to taste. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Place in pitcher and add mint leaves. Pour over ice and garnish with mango slices.