Irish Barmbrack

INGREDIENTS

• 375g Dunnes Stores Dried Fruit Mix
• 50ml of whiskey
• 250ml cold tea
• 225g Dunnes Stores Baking at Home Plain Flour
• 2 tsp of baking powder
• 125g light brown sugar
• ½ tsp Dunnes Stores Mixed Spice
• 1 large egg
• 1 ring, wrapped in parchment paper

METHOD

1. Place the fruit mix in a bowl and pour over the cold tea and whiskey. Leave to soak overnight.
2. Preheat the oven to 170˚C/340°F /Gas Mark 3 and grease and line a 900g loaf tin. Combine the flour, baking powder, sugar and mixed spice in a mixing bowl and make a well in the centre.
3. Crack the egg into your fruit mix and combine. Pour the fruit mix into the well, then stir through until everything is thoroughly combined.
4. Add in the ring and stir through. Spoon the wet mixture into the lined loaf tin and place in the oven on the middle shelf and bake for 1 hour. Remove from the oven and let cool slightly before taking it out of the loaf tin and placing it on a wire rack.
5. Cover in cling film and tin foil and allow to sit for 1-2 days before cutting into it. Serve in slices spread with a little butter and a good cuppa!