Name: Bara brith
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 300g mixed fruit -; 200g light muscovado sugar -; zest 1 orange -; 250ml hot black tea -; 350g self-raising flour -; 2 tsp mixed spice -; 1 large egg , beaten -; 50g soft butter , plus extra for greasing and to serve (optional) -

Ingredients for - Bara brith

1. 300g mixed fruit

2. 200g light muscovado sugar

3. zest 1 orange

4. 250ml hot black tea

5. 350g self-raising flour

6. 2 tsp mixed spice

7. 1 large egg , beaten

8. 50g soft butter , plus extra for greasing and to serve (optional)

How to cook deliciously - Bara brith

1 . Stage

Tip the fruit into a bowl with the sugar and orange zest. Pour over the tea, stir everything together and leave to soak overnight.

2 . Stage

Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Grease and line the base and short sides of a 900g/loaf tin with 1 strip of baking parchment. Tip the flour and spice into a bowl, and beat in the fruit and soaking liquid. Add the egg, followed by the butter. Beat until you have a well-combined, stiff batter, then tip into the prepared loaf tin. Bake for 1¼ hrs, covering with foil or parchment if the top starts to get too dark. Check with a skewer – if it doesn’t come out clean, give it another 5-10 mins in the oven.

3 . Stage

Leave to cool in the tin for 10 mins, then remove and leave to cool completely. Serve sliced and buttered, if you like.