Bara brith recipe
Created by The Tesco Recipes team
Enjoy the flavours of black tea and sweet dried fruit in this classic Bara brith recipe. Serve warm with a generous spread of butter.
See method- Serves 10
- Takes 1 hr 50 mins, plus cooling
- 402 calories / serving
Ingredients
- 400g dried mixed fruit
- 50g currants
- 200g dark muscovado sugar
- 270ml freshly brewed strong black tea
- 350g self-raising flour
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 2 tsp mixed spice
- 1 medium egg, lightly beaten
- 50g butter, melted, plus extra to grease and serve
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- Energy
- 1695kJ 402.0kcal
- Fat
- 7g
- Saturates
- 4g
- Salt
- 0.4g
- Sugars
- 49g
of the Reference intake
Carbohydrate 78.1gProtein 5.2gFibre 3.8g
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Method
- Mix the dried fruit, currants and sugar in a non-metallic bowl. Pour over the hot tea, stir until the sugar has dissolved, then cover with a clean tea towel and leave to soak overnight until the fruit is plump and has absorbed most of the tea.
- The next day, preheat the oven to 160°C, fan 140°C, gas 3. Grease and line a 900g loaf tin with butter and baking parchment.
- Whisk the flour, cinnamon, mixed spice, egg and butter into the soaked fruit until you have a uniform batter, then spoon into the prepared loaf tin and smooth the top with the back of a dessert spoon.
- Bake on the middle shelf of the oven for 1 hr 15 mins to 1 hr 30 mins until golden, risen and a skewer comes out cleanly when inserted in the middle. Cover loosely with foil if the cake takes on too much colour.
- Leave to cool in the tin for 10 mins before transferring to a wire rack to cool fully.
- Serve sliced, topped with a little butter, if you like. It’ll keep in an airtight container for up to 5 days.
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