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Vegan bara brith

Prepare
over 2 hours
Cook
30 mins to 1 hour
Serve
Serves 10

Bara brith is a traditional Welsh tea bread flavoured with tea, dried fruits and spices. Simple and easy to make, perfect with a mug of tea.

By Gaz Oakley

From Saturday Kitchen

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Ingredients

For the bara brith

For the glaze

Method

  1. To make the bara brith, begin by soaking the mixed fruit in the tea in a bowl for at least 2 hours.

  2. Lightly grease the inside of a 900g/2lb loaf tin with a little of the vegan butter and line with baking paper.

  3. Pre-heat the oven to 180C/160C Fan/Gas 4.

  4. Place the flour, sugar, spice, vanilla, chia seeds and grated apple in a large mixing bowl and stir to combine. Pour in the melted butter and mix well.

  5. Once the fruit has plumped up, gently fold the tea and fruits through the cake mix to form a smooth batter.

  6. Transfer the batter to the prepared loaf tin and smooth out the top using a spatula.

  7. Bake for 35 minutes, then remove the cake from the oven and cover with kitchen foil to stop the top burning. Return the bara brith to the oven and bake for a further 30 minutes.

  8. Check it’s cooked through by inserting a metal skewer into the centre of the cake. If the skewer comes out clean it’s ready. If the skewer comes out with cake batter on it, put the cake back into the oven for a further 5–10 minutes.

  9. In a small saucepan over medium heat, heat the vegan butter and maple syrup together until the butter has melted.

  10. Once the cake is baked, remove from the oven and brush with the maple butter mix. Leave the cake to cool, covered, for at least 30 minutes.

  11. Serve slices of the bara brith with lashings of salty vegan butter.