Irish Tea Barmbrack - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 cups raisins
3/4 cup golden raisins (sultanas)
1/4 cup candied mixed fruit peel
1 teaspoon molasses (treacle), or more to taste (optional)
1 1/4 cups warm, strong black tea
1 3/4 cups self-rising flour
1 cup turbinado (demerara) sugar
1 egg
1/4 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice (mixed spice)

Preparation

Mix raisins, golden raisins, mixed fruit peel, and molasses with black tea in a bowl; cover and let soak, 8 hours to overnight.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and line a loaf pan with parchment paper.
Stir flour, turbinado sugar, egg, and pumpkin pie spice into raisin mixture until well mixed; pour into the prepared loaf pan.
Bake in the preheated oven until barmbrack is firm to the touch, about 1 1/2 hours. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.