Bara Brith
Literally 'speckled bread', this is a rich moist fruited bread that is traditionally served sliced and spread with butter.
Ingredients
225g/8 oz Dark Muscovado sugar
450g/1 lb mixed dried fruits
300 ml/10 fl oz warm black tea
2 tablespoons orange marmalade
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 egg
450g/1 lb self-raising flour
Directions
- Put the fruit and sugar into a bowl and just cover with the warm tea. Cover and leave overnight. Add the marmalade, cinnamon, egg and flour to the tea mixture and beat well until blended.
- Put the mixture into a greased base-lined 900g/2lb loaf tin and bake for about 90 minutes Gas 3/160C/325F. Cool in the tin for 10 minutes then turn out on to a wire rack to become cold.
- Store in an airtight tin and leave for 24 hours before cutting.
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