Barmbrack or Barmcake

• 900 g (2 lb) white strong flour
• 225 g (8

Put the butter and flour in a slightly warmed bowl. Rub the butter into the flour as if you were starting to make pastry. Mix the yeast with a little of the measured amount of warm milk and pour it into a well in the centre of the flour. Flick flour over, stand the bowl in a warm place and wait until the yeast froths and cracks the flour. Add the fruit, sugar, salt and spices and the egg beaten