#tea loaf

[punkbakerchristine]

bara brith 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

or rather: what i imagine a pub in Cardiff would smell like.

kneading it even felt like how I imagine Wales feels like: deep dark forests, sprawling fields, mysterious lakes, hills with names that are about a mile long and half the letters are “y” and “w”, the echo of tom jones’ voice coming from… somewhere, and istg, if michael sheen and rob brydon don’t come out of that den up ahead on the back of a dragon, what was the point—

[puddingvalkyrie]

I've been chasing this cake since I was about 11. We used to get it as an option for dessert at school sometimes. It's a fruit cake, but light, not like the heavy stuff you get at Christmas. It was served with butter and it was SO GOOD.

I've never been able to find a similar cake. Then a year or two ago, a family friend gave us a cake for Christmas. It was THE cake.

I TRIED to get the recipe, but this guy isn't someone I have direct contact with. But I do find out it's called tea loaf. Cool, cool, I think, no further help needed. The internet can take over from here, I'm sure.

WRONG.

I've tried two different recipes now and they're nothing like the cake I'm looking for, not in texture or taste.

I WILL FIND AND MAKE THIS STUPID CAKE.

[thefoodarchivist]

The Archivist’s Mummy: tea-bread and coffee at Paddy and Scott’s excellent coffee shop 👌

[winstons-and-enochs]

[kitchenwitchcookbook]

I made a tea loaf for good luck since we just moved into our new house ❤️

~1 cup raisins/currants(I used five little boxes of Sunmaid raisins) 1 cup black tea (I used 2 tea bags but I might use more next time for a stronger tea) 2 cups self raising flour 1 cup brown sugar 1 egg Cinnamon and nutmeg(I didn’t measure these sooo….)

The recipe didn’t specify what temperature to preheat the oven, so I did some brief searching and went with 350°.

So, the recipe recommended you soak the raisins(or currants) overnight in the tea and brown sugar. I didn’t do this and it still tasted good, so it’s up to you!

Take the above mixture and add your flour and egg. This is also where I added my nutmeg and cinnamon, which aren’t in the original recipe.

Mix well, pour into a small loaf tin(my was 9x5) and bake for about an hour.

I’ve never made bread before, but I’m really proud of how this turned out. I hope everyone enjoys!

Here is the original recipe that I modified.

[wabisabikitchen]

this was good, not too sweet. underbake from what recipe suggests next time because it came out a smidge dry, though still enjoyable!

[punkbakerchristine]

return of the bara brith, this time with just raisins as well as cherries. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (steve gives his blessing even though he’s a Manchester boy and this is a welsh loaf)

[punkbakerchristine]

officially one of my specialties: bara brith 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿