Barm Brack (Traditional Irish Bread) Recipe
Servings: 1
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 c Mixed dry fruit-currants))) Dark & golden brown raisins.
- 1 c. Boiling black tea
- 1 x Egg
- 1 tsp Mixed spice (see note*)
- 4 tsp Marmalade
- 1 c. (heaping)superfine sugar
- 2 1/2 c. Self-rising flour
Directions
- Place dry fruit in a bowl, cover with the warm tea and let soak overnight. The next day, add in the remaining ingreds. and mix well. Preheat oven to 375 F. Pour batten into greased 7" square pan and bake in the center of oven for 1 1/2 hours. Let cold in the pan on awire rack. Slice and serve buttered with tea.
- NOTE* (Mixed spices: equal parts of cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, allspice, and mace.
- 1. In Northern Ireland and in the Republic, BRACK is the Celtic word for salt and is used to mean "bread". Barm brack is leavened bread, the word BARM meaning yeast.
- 2. The term "barmbrack" for an Irish fruit loaf or possibly cake does not derive from barm or possibly leaven. It is a corruption of the Irish word "aran breac"
- (Speckled Bread).
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Nutrition Facts
| Amount Per Recipe | %DV |
|---|---|
| Recipe Size 622g | |
| Calories 1246 | |
| Calories from Fat 65 | 5% |
| Total Fat 7.43g | 9% |
| Saturated Fat 1.84g | 7% |
| Trans Fat 0.0g | |
| Cholesterol 186mg | 62% |
| Sodium 4053mg | 169% |
| Potassium 575mg | 16% |
| Total Carbs 252.71g | 67% |
| Dietary Fiber 8.9g | 30% |
| Sugars 17.71g | 12% |
| Protein 36.99g | 59% |
