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Taking a break in the Shrewsbury Coffee House with hummus on toast while the rain falls outside.
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Eight tea cakes pictured from above. They are beautifully bronzed (thanks to the egg wash) and the small specks of chilli flakes look quite festive. The breads are lying on a cooling rack on my outside terrace table, directly in the sun light, so they look slightly darker bronzed than they are in fact.

Same place, same breads, taken from a lower angle, to show that they are nicely plumb but not very high-rising. I shaped them differently (10cm by 15cm), because I want to have them as an almost sandwich. I like a fruit and cheese combo (and these breads are packed with raisins and sultanas; 100gr of each went into the dough!) I'm not a big fan of the sweet stuff but I didn't dare to leave all the sugar out. I know that, apart from delivering sweetness, it also gives structure to the dough. So I added the chilli flakes to form a bit of contrast to the sugar; after all, in the Cantonese kitchen spicy & sweet is a well-loved combo.

Tea cakes ... sort of.

I halved the sugar and made the 'cakes' longer & wider than usual. I also sprinkled the dough generously with mild chilli flakes, after applying an egg wash.

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