Gluten Free Bara Brith
Bara brith is a tasty tea bread and works as a perfectly as a morning or afternoon snack. Lorna tried a few different recipes, some using yeast and some without and found this the tastiest and held together best.
Credited to: Coeliac UK
Kcal: 263.3
Difficulty: Pretty easy
Serves 12
120 mins prep
90 mins cooking time
Ingredients
- 375g mixed dried fruit
- 250g light soft brown sugar
- 2 tea bags (in 300ml hot water to make a strong hot tea)
- Butter for greasing
- 300g self-raising gluten free flour (or 300g gluten free plain flour with 2 teaspoons baking powder)
- 1 egg medium beaten
- 1 teaspoon of mixed spice
Method
- Add the tea bags to the 300ml hot water and leave in for 10minutes. Remove the tea bags from the tea.
- Place the mixed fruit, soft brown sugar and hot tea in a bowl. Mix and leave to steep overnight (or for at least 8 hours)
- Lightly butter a loaf tin and line with grease proof paper.
- Add the flour, egg and mixed spice to the fruit and tea mix and stir until all ingredients are combined.
- Preheat oven to 150 C and bake for approximately 1hr 30min. Test with a skewer, which should come out clean. Leave to cool on a wire rack.
- Serve in slices with butter.
Nutritional information per serving
Kcal
263.3
Fat
1.3g
Carbs
61.3g
Protein
2.7g
Fibre
1g
Sugars
38.8g
Hints and tips:
You could use Earl Grey tea bags for a floral twist on the classic Welsh cake.
