Billy-can bun recipe

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Billy-can bun is a great alternative to Christmas pudding. Buy billy cans from camping stores and present this delicious sweet bread in them for an edible gift.

Ingredients

150g (1 cup) plain flour, sifted
½ tsp bicarbonate of soda, sifted
½ tsp mixed spice
¼ tsp ground cinnamon
120g (¾ cup) sultanas
110g (½ cup) caster sugar
500ml (2 cups) hot black tea
Butter and golden syrup, to serve
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Preparation

Combine flour, bicarbonate of soda, spices, sultanas and sugar in a bowl. Make a well in the centre and pour in tea. Using a fork, draw in flour until combined. Pour into a greased and floured 1.5L billy can or pudding basin, cover with lid (or foil secured with string) and stand for 6 hours or until thickened.

Place a clean tea towel in the base of a large pan. Place billy can on top and fill pan with enough warm water to reach halfway up the side of the can. Bring to the boil over medium  heat, reduce heat to low, cover and cook for 3 hours or until cooked through and a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.

Remove billy can from water and stand for 5 minutes before turning out onto a plate.

Produer Jacqui Porter. Photography Brett Stevens. Styling Amanda Talbot. Food preparation Angela Nahas & Lucy Lewis. Drinks suggestions Dan Coward, spitbucket.com

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