Ingredients:

• 3 cups self-raising flour, sifted
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 bottle or can (12 fl oz) beer, at room temperature
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted

Method:

• Preheat the oven to Gas 5 / 375°F.
• In a mixing bowl, combine all the dry ingredients.
• Add the beer all at once, mixing as little as possible; the batter should be lumpy.
• Pour the batter into a 9-x-5-x-3-inch loaf pan and brush with the melted butter.
• Bake in the oven for 35 to 40 minutes, or until an inserted skewer comes out clean.
• Turn out onto a rack to cool.