Bara brith
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- + Soaking
- Easy
- Cuts into 8-10 slices
Ingredients
- 250g dried mixed fruit
- 50g soft butter, cubed, plus extra for the tin
- 100g dark brown sugar
- 1 tbsp treacle
- 1 breakfast tea bag (we used Glengettie welsh tea)
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1 tsp mixed spice
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- 275g self-raising flour
Method
- STEP 1
Tip the fruit, butter, sugar and treacle into a bowl. Make the teabag into 150ml of strong tea with boiling water, then pour over the fruit mixture. Leave for 10 minutes or until cooled and the butter has melted.
- STEP 2
Heat the oven to 150C/fan 130C/gas 2. Butter and line a 900g loaf tin. Mix the eggs into the cooled fruit mixture, then stir in the spices, a pinch of salt and the flour to make a smooth cake batter. Tip into the tin and bake for 1 hr 15- 1 hr 25 minutes, until an inserted skewer comes out clean. Leave to cool in the tin. Will keep in an airtight container for five days.
