- 2 1/2 cup Mixed dry fruit--currants, dates & raisins
- 1 c Boiling black tea
- 1 Egg, slighty beaten
- 1 Mixed spice (see note*)
- 4 tsp Orange Marmalade
- 1 1/3 cup superfine sugar
- 2 1/2 cups Self-rising flour
INGREDIENTS
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COOKING INSTRUCTIONS
NOTE* (Mixed spices: equal parts of cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, allspice, and mace. Place dried fruit in a bowl, cover with the hot and let soak overnight. The next day, add the remaining ingredients and mix well. Preheat oven to 375 F. Pour batter into greased 7" square pan and bake in the
centre of oven for 1 1/2 hrs. Let cool in the pan on a wire rack. Slice and serve buttered with tea.
INFO
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. The term "barmbrack" for an Irish fruit loaf or cake does not derive from barm or leaven. It is a corruption of the Irish word "aran breac" (Speckled Bread)