Tea Brack
Posted: 25 February '10 by Ciara
Irish Tea Brack
I got this recipe for Tea Brack from a work colleague and tried it out at the weekend. I absolutely loved it, although i had to give half of it away to my mother-in-law, being the only one in my household to like this sort of cake! Otherwise i would have eaten all of it myself…
Irish tea brack is a rich, moist cake which is perfect for a breakfast or an afternoon snack. “Brack” comes from the Irish word “brac”, which means speckled.
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Makes 2 generous tea bracks
Ingredients
- 450g Dark brown Sugar
- 2.5 cups of tea (make it in tea pot first)
- half cup of whiskey
- 375g raisins
- 525g sultanas
- 3 eggs
- 450g plain flour (no need to sieve)
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 3 teaspoons mixed spice
- honey for glazing
You’ll also need a little butter and some baking paper to line your baking tins.
Method
- Dissolve the sugar in the hot tea, mix in the whiskey and soak the fruit overnight in this.
- Next day, preheat the oven to 17o, gas mark 3 and line the loaf tins.
- Mix the eggs, flour (no need to sieve), baking powder and mixed spice with the fruit mixture, (i just use a fork) and pour into the prepared tins.
- Bake for 1 hour.
- Remove from oven, place on wire rack and immediately brush with honey to glaze (I used a pastry brush).
- Serve with tea and butter.
Enjoy!
Other information
Please note that these bracks will keep for up to 2 weeks because the whiskey preserves them, although they wouldn’t last that long in our house.
Please also note that instead of the 1/2 cup of whiskey you can just add another 1/2 cup of tea.
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