A festive bake for the festive season, Bara Brith is a traditional Welsh fruit loaf created with tea. A Christmas‚ tradition at Carden is for our fantastic kitchen #teamcarden‚ to create Bara Brith in the run up to Christmas: this year, they made 100 loaves! Want to recreate it at home?‚ Executive Head Chef Graham Tinsley MBE shares his Bara Brith recipe…
You will need:
1lb of dried mixed fruit (e.g sultanas, currants, raisins and glace cherries)
6oz soft brown sugar
8 floz strong cold tea
1 egg
8oz self raising flour
1 teaspoon mixed spice
Method:
- Put the fruit, sugar, tea, mixed spice and egg into a bowl.
- Leave mixture to soak overnight.
- The next day, fold in the flour and place in a greased loaf tin.
- Bake in a pre-heated oven at 120 degrees‚ Celsius for approximately 90 minutes (or until a skewer pulls clean from the middle of the cake).
Next? Sit down with a cuppa and enjoy a slice of delicious Bara Brith…
