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Welsh Fruit Bread (Bara Brith) III
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Ingredients
Scale
- 4 oz dried fruit
- Brewed black tea
- 12–14 oz brown or wholemeal flour
- 3–4 oz brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon mixed spice
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- 1 egg
- Glacé cherries (optional), chopped
Directions
- Soak the fruit in tea for several hours. Strain, retain both fruit and tea.
- Mix the flour, sugar, spice, baking powder and bicarb.
- Add soaked fruit to the dry ingredients, then start to mix.
- Add the egg, and continue to mix.
- Add the black tea in small amounts, mixing as you go.
- Continue to add the tea until the mixture is thick but runny—it should cling to a spoon, but any excess should drop off easily. If you have used up all your tea, a drop of milk can be added instead to achieve this consistency.
- Add the chopped glace cherries, which will further increase the moisture of the batter.
- Pour into a greased baking tin, and bake at 190°C for approximately 90 minutes. Loosely cover the top with foil for the first hour, to avoid burning. Once cooked, turn out and cool.
- Serve sliced with butter and a cup of tea.
