Bara brith
HB-6099 · Hand-built original · British
A Welsh tea loaf of mixed fruit and brown sugar soaked overnight in black tea, stirred with mixed spice, self-raising flour and egg, and baked until a skewer comes out clean.
BritishCakes and baking14 hrServes 86 kcalVegetarianDairy-freeDiabeticLow-SodiumLow Fat / Low CholesterolRenal
Main ingredient: egg
Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado
Servings:8quantities adjust to match
Ingredients
- 1lb dried mixed fruit
- 9oz brown sugar
- ½ pint warm black tea, strained
- 2 tsp mixed spice
- 1lb self-raising flour
- 1 free-range egg, beaten
Method
- Put the dried mixed fruit and brown sugar in a large bowl, pour the strained warm black tea over them, and leave the bowl overnight so the fruit plumps in the sweet tea.
- Heat the oven the next day to 350°F 1/2 and line a 2lb loaf tin with baking parchment.
- Stir the mixed spice, self-raising flour and beaten egg into the soaked fruit mixture and beat the batter well.
- Pour the bara brith batter into the lined loaf tin, smoothing the top level.
- Bake the loaf for 1 1/2 hours, until a skewer pushed into the middle comes out clean.
- Cool the bara brith completely in its tin, then turn it out and serve it in slices with a cup of hot tea.
Prep: 12 h · Cook: 2 h
Nutrition (per serving, where published)
6 kcalCalories
1.3 gProtein
0 gCarbs
0.1 gFat
0 gSaturates
0 gFibre
0 gSugars
4 mgSodium
0 mgCholesterol
24 mgPotassium
1 mgCalcium
0.5 mgIron
1 servingServing
Estimated from USDA FoodData Central ingredient data