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My refrigerator fruit drawer is currently so packed with citrus fruit that I have great difficulty closing it. It takes about 3 tries to actually get the drawer to slide correctly from all the weight of blood oranges, clementines, tangerines, grapefruit and kumquats. It seems about time that I actually do something other than just devour the citrus fruit family, so I decided to actually bake with some.

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I’d been eyeing some kumquats for some time in our local natural foods store and finally picked some up a few weeks back. I found a recipe that intrigued me with the tangy flavor combination of tea, cardamom, pineapple and kumquat. The tea flavoring was fairly subtle, so I’ve adjusted the recipe a little to make the flavor more pronounced. This is a bread that could easily pass for a cake. That’s the best kind, isn’t it? The kind you can justify eating for both breakfast and dessert.

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    Kumquat Tea Bread

  • Ingredients

    kumquat tea bread
  • 2 cups kumquats, stemmed, quartered, seeded; plus 4 kumquats, thinly sliced
  • 1-1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
  • 1-1/2 cups whole wheat flour
  • 2-3 teaspoons instant iced tea powder (optional)
  • 1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon ground cardamom
  • 2 teaspoons kosher salt, divided
  • 1-1/4 cups pure cane sugar
  • 3/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 3 large eggs
  • 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
  • 1 8-ounce can crushed pineapple in its own juice
  • 1 cup walnuts, toasted and roughly chopped
  • kumquat glaze
  • 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
  • 1/2 teaspoon instant iced tea powder (optional)
  • water, if needed


  • Directions

    • make the kumquat tea bread

    Place quartered kumquats in processor; puree 3 minutes. Reserve 1/3 cup puree for glaze.

    Preheat to 350 degrees. Spray two loaf pans with nonstick spray. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, tea powder, baking powder, baking soda, cardamom, and 1 1/2 teaspoons salt. Using an electric mixer, blend 1 1/4 cups sugar and oil. Add eggs, one at a time, scraping the bowl after each addition. Then, mix in vanilla, 2/3 cup kumquat puree and pineapple with juice. Gradually add dry ingredients, beating just until blended. Do not over mix. Fold in walnuts. Divide batter between loaf pans.

    Bake bread until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 50 minutes-1 hour. Cool 5 minutes, then turn bread out on rack, top side up. Cool completely.

    make the kumquat glaze

    Place reserved 1/3 cup puree in large bowl. Whisk in butter, powdered sugar, lemon juice and 1/2 teaspoon salt. If glaze is too thick, thin by whisking in a little water. Drizzle glaze over bread loaves. Top with kumquat slices. Let stand until icing sets. Store at room temperature.

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