Irish tea brack - recipe

Ingredients

Recipe , Bread , Loaf , Tea , Brack , Irish

1
Put the dried mixed fruit and cherries into a large bowl and pour over the hot tea and leave overnight.

For this step you'll need:
- 300g Dried mixed fruits
- 100g Glace cherries
- 300ml Tea hot, strong
2

The next day, preheat the oven to 180C (fan 160C, gas mark 4) and line a 900g loaf tin with baking paper. Ready made liners for loaf tins are available in larger supermarkets.
3
Add the remaining ingredients to the soaked fruit and tea and stir well.

For this step you'll need:
- 125g Unrefined light muscovado sugar
- 125g Unrefined dark muscovado sugar
- 1 Egg(s) (free range) large, beaten
- 275g Self-raising white flour
- 1tsp Mixed spice
4

Pour into the loaf tin and bake for 1 1/2 hours or until a skewer comes out clean when pushed into the middle. After an hour just check as you might want to cover with foil if browning too much.
5
Leave to cool in the tin and then serve sliced with butter.

For this step you'll need:
- Butter (salted) to serve

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