Instructions: Pronounced "Barra Clathee".

Preheat the oven to 160 Centigrade (moderate oven). Mix all the dry ingredients and then add the beaten egg. Add a little milk and mix well to get the consistency right (damp but not wet, similar to a cake mix). Put the mix into a greased loaf tin and bake for about an hour. The result is like any good fruit cake - moist inside, but not wet.

Cool and slice to serve, well buttered.

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