Recipe: Bara Brith (Speckled Bread)

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Description/Notes:

Traditional tea time fruit bread. Serve with butter

Ingredients:

450g (1lb) mixed fruit

300ml 1/2 pint warm black tea

250g (8oz) brown sugar

10ml (2 level tsp) mixed spice

450g (1lb) self-raising flour

1 egg

Cooking Instructions:

1. In a large bowl soak the fruit and sugar in strained tea and leave overnight
2. Next day preheat the oven to 170C, Gas mark 3
3. Mix the remaining ingredients into the fruit mixture and beat well
4. Pour the mixture into a loaf tin that has been well greased or lined with buttered paper
5. Place the tin in the oven and bake for one and a half hours