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Bara Brith

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Bara Brith

A traditional Welsh spiced fruit bread soaked in tea — means speckled bread. Soaking the dried fruit in hot tea overnight plumps it up and keeps the finished loaf moist rather than dry and crumbly.

Total time
85 min
Prep
10 min
Cook
75 min
Difficulty
easy
Cuisine
Welsh
vegetarian

Ingredients

400gmixed dried fruit
300mlstrong hot tea
250gself-raising flour
150gbrown sugar
1egg
2 tspmixed spice
butterto serve

Instructions

1

Soak fruit in hot tea overnight or for at least 4 hours.

2

Beat in sugar, egg and mixed spice.

3

Fold in flour until combined.

4

Pour into a greased loaf tin.

5

Bake at 160°C for 1 hour 15 minutes. Cool fully before slicing and spreading with butter.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories
708
Protein
10.6g
Fat
2.6g
Carbs
166g
Fiber
8.1g
Sodium
413mg

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