Bara Brith recipe

This is my version of the Welsh Bara Brith (Speckled Bread) that my mum used to make.

Ingredients:
1 lb self raising flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
pinch of salt
1 teaspoon of mixed spice
4 oz margarine
5 oz soft brown sugar
1 egg (beaten)
12 oz mixed dry fruit
1 desertspoon each of syrup and black treacle
3 tea bags
300ml boiling water
Milk if needed.

Method:
Add 3 tea bags to 300ml freshly boiled water and allow to steep for about five minutes.
Remove tea bags.
Place dried fruit into a jug or similar container and add the hot tea mix - add the sugar and stir well.
Add the syrup and black treacle to the warm fruit/tea mix and stir well to dissolve.
Leave mix overnight for fruit to absorb liquid ( I left it for almost 24 hours to ensure the dried fruit really 'plumps' up!)
Next day, sift flour into bowl and add mixed spices, salt and baking powder and stir ingredients.
Rub in the margerine until you achieve a crumbly mixture.
Add the beaten egg and fruit/tea mixture and stir well. 
Add a splash of milk if the mix is on the dry side (if you leave fruit to absorb liquid for a long time then the milk may be needed to moisten the cake mix).
Pour mixture into a cake tin measuring approx 9.5"x4.5"x3"
Bake in oven at gas mark 4 for 1-1.5 hours. 
Cover with a sheet of foil if top is starting to burn.
Check with a cake tester to ensure it is baked through.

Leave to cool (overnight is best!).
Serve sliced and with lashings of butter (Welsh, if you can get it)!!!! 
Try and make it last more than a couple of days!!!

Mwynhau!