Barmbrack
Intermed..
Many barmbrack recipes contain yeast but this recipe is a much simple version and is equally as tasty. This recipe is steeped in tradition. There are many items that can be found within the cake which suggest various different things for the recipient. If you get a ring it suggests that you will be married within one year, the coin represents wealth, a rag represents poverty and a pea suggests you will not marry. How true any of this will be is very questionable but it makes for a fun Halloween! Courtesy of Anne Neary
PREP IN
10 MIN
COOK IN
90 MIN
SERVE
12
Barmbrack
Intermed..
PREP IN
10 MIN
COOK IN
90 MIN
SERVE
12
Introduction
Many barmbrack recipes contain yeast but this recipe is a much simple version and is equally as tasty. This recipe is steeped in tradition. There are many items that can be found within the cake which suggest various different things for the recipient. If you get a ring it suggests that you will
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Ingredients
- 225ml strong cold tea
- 75g butter
- 175g brown sugar
- 250g plain flour
- 450g of mixed dried fruit
- 110g mixed peel
- 1 egg lightly beaten
- ½ level teaspoon of bread soda
- ½ teaspoon mixed spice
- Optional Traditional Additions: (to be wrapped in tin foil or baking parchment) 1 ring, 1 pea, piece of a cloth, money
Method
- 1. Pre-heat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas Mark 4. Grease an 8inch/20cm deep cake tin and line the base of the tin with some baking parchment.
- 2. Put the butter sugar, mixed dried fruit and candied peel in a saucepan with the cold tea and bring to the boil. Remove from the heat and allow to cool down
- 3. Add the lightly beaten egg to the fruit mixture Sieve the flour, mixed spice and bread soda together and fold into the mixture
- 4. If you are putting in a ring, coin, rag, pea etc, wrap it in tin foil or baking parchment and mix it into the cake mixture at this stage.
- 5. Pour the mixture into the prepared tin. Place in the pre-heated oven and bake for 1 ½ hours. Cool in the tin and then turn the cake out of the tin
- 6. If desired you can brush the cake with some boiled apricot jam at this stage. Place on a serving plate and slice. Serve warm with some butter.
