Great British Bake Off judge Prue Leith has incredible trick for restoring sugar

Much-loved Great British Bake Off judge Prue Leith shared the rather peculiar hack to save brown sugar once it has become impossible to use ahead of the show's latest episode

The Great British Bake Off fan favourite, Prue Leith has shared a bizarre hack to revive sugar once it has become unusable.

First appearing on the Channel 4 show in 2017 as Mary Berry's replacement, Prue has been popular with baking fans ever since, and has now revealed how to save sugar by simply adding one fruit.

Whilst speaking to Best Magazine recently, the 84-year-old said that one of the main objectives of her new cookbook was to give readers easier ways to make their favourite meals: "Yes, because I'm conscious that what excites people is making dishes that are quick and easy.

"The book is full of little hacks. The one I got the most response to recently was the trick of putting a lemon into a bag of brick-hard brown sugar; the moisture in it quickly returns the sugar back to its normal state."

The expert said that while she likes to cut corners, it's never at the expense of quality: "I cut corners all the time, but only if they don't compromise quality. I buy the best of anything I can afford - I'd rather have one good steak a week than three or four. And I seldom make puff pastry, because half of the time it's not as good as the stuff you buy in the shops," reports the Express.

Prue, who originally grew up in Cape Town, South Africa, moved to France as a teenager in order to study French at the University of Paris. It was while she was living in the French capital that she first became interested in starting a career in the food industry. After training to become a cook, Prue opened her first restaurant in London, Leith's, in 1969. In the years following she began to become increasingly well known thanks to her array of cookery books and TV shows.

The Great British Bake Off first hit our screens in August 2010 on BBC Two and saw instant success, so much so, it was even credited in part for the rise in popularity of baking across the country, with supermarkets seeing increased sales of baking products.

Whilst saying that she's in no 'hurry' to leave, Prue acknowledges that the time will eventually come to call an end to her time on the Channel 4 show: "I'll have to go at some point. This year has been easier, because they've slimmed down my schedule; I was finding it hard to manage everything, so live dropped the celebrity version and that's made such a difference. So I won't leave in a hurry, but I will leave some time because I'm getting ancient."

The Great British Bake Off airs every Tuesday at 8pm on Channel 4.