Raisin and cinnamon soda bread

Method

1. Line a baking tray with parchment and heat your oven to 220°C.

2. Mix the white flour with the bread soda and cinnamon. Sieve them all into a large bowl to ensure the soda is evenly distributed.

3. Add the coarse flour and salt and stir everything together.

4. Add the egg to the buttermilk and stir in the honey. Stir the liquid into the flour until it is completely combined. It will be sticky. Stir in the raisins. Turn the dough onto a floured surface and shape into a circle and cut a cross in the top of it. Lay it onto the prepared baking tray.

5. Bake for 15 minutes then turn down the oven to 200°C and continue baking for a further 30 minutes. When you tap the underside of the loaf it should sound hollow. Allow to cool on a wire rack.