Bara Brith Recipe
Bara Brith is a delicious Welsh recipe made from dried mixed fruit soaked in tea. Perfect sliced with some butter, or eaten on its own!
Calories: 158kcal
Ingredients
- 400 g mixed fruit
- 300 ml strong hot tea from 2 or 3 teabags
- 250 g self-raising flour
- 1 tsp mixed spice
- 100 g dark brown muscovado sugar
- 1 free range egg beaten
Instructions
- Add the dried fruit to a bowl and pour the hot tea over it. Stir the sugar in until it is well mixed.
- Leave it to soak for at least 6 hours, or overnight.
- Preheat the oven to 180°C /Gas 4*
- Sift the flour and mixed spices and combine with the fruit mixture, together with the beaten egg and stir.
- Transfer to a greased or lined loaf tin and put in the oven. Cook for 1 hour. Check on it at 30 minutes and cover with foil if the top is cooking too quickly.
- After 1 hour remove the Bara Brith from the oven and check it is cooked through.
- Leave to cool on a wire rack before sliding it out.
- Once it has cooled, slice and serve.
- Optionally store it for 2 days before eating to allow the flavour to develop some more.
Notes
* I found the Bara Brith cooked quite quickly at this temperature so next time I will cook at a lower heat.
Thanks to Visit Wales for this recipe!
Nutrition
Serving: 1 | Calories: 158kcal | Carbohydrates: 35g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 19mg | Sodium: 306mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 14g
