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Bara Brith (Welsh Tea Bread)

Bara Brith (Welsh Tea Bread)

Name: Bara Brith (Welsh Tea Bread)
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: Hot brewed tea 1 cup; Dried currants ¾ cup; Golden raisins ¾ cup; Demerara sugar ¾ cup; Self-rising flour 1 ¼ cups; Eggs 1

Welsh fruit loaf

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45m
Serves 8
Easy
350 °F
(11)

Ingredients

	1 cup Hot brewed tea
	¾ cup Dried currants soaked
	¾ cup Golden raisins soaked
	¾ cup Demerara sugar
	1 ¼ cups Self-rising flour
	1 Eggs beaten

Nutritional information

189

calories

0,9g

fat

43,2g

carbohydrates

3,8g

protein

23mg

cholesterol

261mg

sodium

Cuisine:

British Recipes

Ingredients

1 cup Hot brewed tea
¾ cup Dried currants
soaked
¾ cup Golden raisins
soaked
¾ cup Demerara sugar
1 ¼ cups Self-rising flour
1 Eggs
beaten

Bara Brith (Welsh Tea Bread)

Bara Brith is a Welsh fruit loaf which is traditionally flavoured by adding tea, dried fruits and mixed spices. It is usually served sliced with lots of butter. Bara Brith literally means “speckled bread” in the Welsh language and it gets its name because of the dried fruit which speckles the bread.

It couldn’t be easier to make this fruit loaf. Start by soaking the raisins and currants in hot tea for a minimum of 8 hours. When you are ready to make the bead, mix demerara sugar with the soaked fruit until it is completely dissolved. Stir in the flour and egg to the tea and fruit mixture until completely combined. Place the batter in a loaf pan and bake for 40 minutes. Leave to cool for a few minutes before turning the bread onto a wire rack!

To make Bara Brith, you will need the following ingredients:

Steps to make Bara Brith (Welsh Tea Bread)

1	Soak raisins in tea	8h
Place ¾ cup of raisins and ¾ cup of currants in a bowl. Pour over a cup of hot tea and soak for 8 hours or overnight.
2	Heat oven and prepare a tin	5
Preheat the oven to 350 °F and line a 2-pound loaf pan with a greased sheet of parchment paper.
3	Add sugar to raisins and currants	2
Stir ¾ cup of demerara sugar into the tea and fruit mixture until it is completely dissolved.
4	Add flour and egg	2
Stir in 1 ¼ cups of flour and 1 beaten egg into the tea and fruit mixture. Mix well until the ingredients are completely integrated into a batter.
5	Transfer cake batter to pan	1
Transfer the batter to the prepared pan and smooth the top.
6	Bake	40
Bake in the preheated oven for about 40 minutes until golden brown on top.
7	Cool	5
Cool the Bara Brith in the bread pan for about 5 minutes before transferring the loaf to a rack to cool completely.
8	Serve
Serve with a strong cup of tea.

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Jelena Mardere

Jelena is an interior designer and young mom! As a busy working mom, her time is precious so she’s always looking for a quick and efficient way to get things done. Jelena is very creative, but has a strong practical side. She loves trying new things and travels a lot, especially around Europe. The kitchen is Jelena’s safe space, where she can let her creative side out and dedicate herself to her favorite hobby - cooking!