Trying Bara brith. A delicious Welsh cake that is also a bread?

In today’s video i’m going to be discussing Bara brith, a traditional Welsh fruit loaf. I’m going to try a supermarket version of Bara brith to see if its as good as homemade, look into the history of it and tell you where to get the best Bara brith in Wales, if you want to try it yourself.
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[@kirstineschiemann3774]

Living in Denmark and I wont be able to buy it here anywhere but it does sound like something I should try. I am gonna be brave and try to make one myself. 🙂 We do have a traditional "loaf cake" here too called "krydderkage", basically meaning spice cake, also very moist at first, has loads of various spices and raisins and traditionally it too was served sliced and with butter. With that loaf/cake in mind I am certain Bara Brith will be right up my alley.

[@degel96]

I recently made my first bara brith, it looked different than that, it was darker, full of raisins, wet, really, really tasty! The best with salted butter!

[@LearnWelshPodcast]

Sounds delicious!

[@robbieg416]

Since the USA is playing Wales in the World Cup, I decided to look up videos about Wales to learn more about the country, and found your channel. I've now binged about 5 or 6 episodes today, and have found them very informative and interesting. Thanks so much for these videos. Diolch!

[@LearnWelshPodcast]

Glad you like the videos.

[@roseblj]

I love bara brith, and I’ve made it myself. The bara brith I’ve had while in Snowdonia didn’t look that pale. It was darker, moist, full of fruit and delicious! The supermarket version doesn’t even come close!

[@LearnWelshPodcast]

The supermarket one was so dry. I’ve never had bara brith like it before. Usually it’s more moist than that. If I find a local bakery that makes bara brith then I’ll do another video to compare.

[@lauraschilling5088]

Do you have a recommended recipe? I can't even get one at the supermarket as I live in Wisconsin in the upper midwest of the united States.

[@penderyn8794]

Additional Vocabulary. Torth/au - Loaf / Loaves Briwsion - Crumbs Bara diod - bread soaked in beer 🍻 🥰 Bara Lawr - corrupted by England to - Laverbread (a seaweed cake) Bara Sinsir / Torth sinsir - Gingerbread Pobi - to bake Ffwrn - Oven Burum - Yeast Blawd - Flour Bara (a) menyn - Bread and butter Gaing o fara a chaws - A wedge of bread and cheese

[@lilymcghee8363]

Thank you. I am going to be visiting Wales and will definitely be trying this and looking out for it at a traditional welsh tea room. I have just watched your hello and goodbye basic greetings video and it’s great! Thanks 😊

[@LearnWelshPodcast]

If you can’t find a tea room that serves it, look for a local bakery, maybe in a local market or in one of the small towns or villages dotted around Wales.

[@lilymcghee8363]

@@LearnWelshPodcast Thank you. It’s South Wales I will be visiting. I am enjoying the lovely sing song sound of the language so am going to have a go at trying to learn some words using your videos 🤗I will definitely be hunting down the bara brith and other foods mentioned in your reaction video. Thanks

[@asseyez-vous6492]

I have had bara brith and I too found it to be on the dry side. I’ve never tried to bake it. However, I do have a recipe for ‘my’ fruit cake where I soak the dried fruit in tea for at least 3 hours. Add an egg, sugar, whole meal flour and mixed spice, mix it together, put into loaf time, bake 45-50 mins and a nice, very moist cake is ready to be eaten

[@penderyn8794]

Butter (menyn) is a must ....... But it shouldn't be too dry....over baking?

[@asseyez-vous6492]

@@penderyn8794 Putting butter on, absolutely! I was born in Lancashire and had Chorley cakes a lot, always thickly buttered. I’m now in South Wales and enjoy Welsh cakes 👍

[@asseyez-vous6492]

@@penderyn8794 Dryness… a combo of over baking and the ingredients not being quite right. Plus, bara brith is mass produced and the recipe isn’t perfected for it yet.

[@fransetter]

I've not seen or eaten any for years! Thanks for the reminder. I have found a recipe and am going to try to make my own.

[@gwilwilliams5831]

“That’s entertainment” 😂

[@johnevans-nq7pv]

Can you put anything else other than butter as I can't have butter

[@oceanwanderer8065]

I would love to try this delicious looking loaf but without butter I can't stand the taste.

[@LearnWelshPodcast]

You don’t have to put butter on it. But as it can be quite dry you may want to spread something on it like chocolate spread or peanut butter. Or eat it with a cup of tea to moisten it.

[@ftumschk]

The "i" in "brith" makes a long "ee" sound like the "i" in "cig" (meat) not a short "i" as in "pin". If you like, "brith" rhymes with "teeth" not "pith".

[@LearnWelshPodcast]

You are right, if we go by standard Welsh. But locally, a lot of people pronounce it with a shorter i sound. I’m so used to saying it that way, that I forgot to modify my pronunciation for the video. Sorry about that.

[@ftumschk]

@@LearnWelshPodcast Thanks, but those who pronounce it with the "short i" are pronouncing it incorrectly.

[@petechamberstimedrive6967]

How about some Welsh football words

[@msbeaverhausen7226]

That looks like it needs a bit of honey on top of the butter!

[@LearnWelshPodcast]

That sounds nice. Never tried honey on a bara brith.

[@billfaint6736]

NO! It's bara brith, ie 'speckled bread'. and thus not a cake.

[@LearnWelshPodcast]

This is a topic people have been discussing for years. Some say it’s bread and some say it’s cake. I don’t care what Bara brith is, as long as I get to eat lots of it. 😀

[@stevethomas4353]

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