Irish Tea Loaf | Barmbrack
Irish Tea Loaf | Barmbrack

Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, irish tea loaf | barmbrack. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious. Barmbrack is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Barmbrack is something that I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

Barm Brack, traditionally eaten at Halloween is a lovely fruity loaf cake. I find it ideal at any time, with tea and sometimes with butter spread on it. The Irish tea loaf is a traditional Irish fruitcake, also known as Barmbrack or tea brack, that I used to buy in the grocery stores; there were one or two. Irish Barmbrack tea cake is a traditional Halloween treat in Ireland.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook irish tea loaf | barmbrack using 11 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Irish Tea Loaf | Barmbrack:
  1. Make ready Earl Grey, 2 Tea Bags
  2. Prepare 250 ml Boiling Water,
  3. Take 50 ml Irish Whiskey,
  4. Prepare 375 g High Quality Dried Fruit Mix,
  5. Prepare Unsalted Butter, For Greasing
  6. Make ready 225 g Unbleached All Purpose Flour,
  7. Prepare 2 TSP Baking Powder,
  8. Get 60 g Light Muscovado Sugar,
  9. Take 60 g Molasses Sugar,
  10. Get 1/2 TSP All Spice Powder,
  11. Make ready 1 Egg,

This recipe makes a really moist, fruit loaf which is packed with flavour from mixed spice and dried fruit. Interestingly the fruit soaks overnight in cold tea and whiskey resulting in. This traditional Irish barmbrack tea cake is a perfect afternoon treat. Dried fruit and spices make it extra delicious, also it is yeast-free recipe.

Steps to make Irish Tea Loaf | Barmbrack:
  1. Brew earl grey with boiling water in a large bowl. - - Cover and steep the tea bags until tea is slightly cooled. - - Remove the tea bags. - - Do not be tempted to squeeze the tea bags to extract more tea. It will leave a bitter note.
  2. Add in whiskey and stir to combine well. - - Add in the dried fruits mix. - - Stir the mixture to combine well making sure all the fruits are fully submerged.
  3. Cover and let it sit on the counter at room temperature overnight. - - The next day, preheat oven to 170 degree celsius or 340 fahrenheit. - - Grease loaf pan with butter.
  4. Line parchment paper with the sides overhanging. It will be easy to unmold. - - Set aside. - - Strain the fruits mixture thru a fine strainer over a bowl. - - Do not discard the liquid. It will be used at a later stage.
  5. Strain the fruits mixture thru a fine strainer over a bowl. - - Do not discard the liquid. It will be used at a later stage. - - Set aside. - - In a large bowl, add flour, baking powder, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and cloves.
  6. Set aside. - - In a large bowl, add flour, baking powder, sugar and all spice. - - Stir to combine well. - - Create a well in the center. - - Add in egg. - - Add in the mixed fruits.
  7. Add in the fruits liquid 1 TBSP at a time, at the same time mixing. - - Keep adding and mixing until it is very annoying to mix anymore. - - You should have a wet and sticky dough, but not runny. - - Discard any leftover liquid.
  8. Mix to combine well. - - Transfer into the prepared loaf pan. - - Wack into the oven and bake for 1 hr, or until the top turns dark brown and pass the skewer test. - - Remove from oven and set aside until completely cooled.
  9. Unmold and transfer onto a large cling film. - - Wrap the cake and set aside for 24 to 48 hrs before slicing and serving. - - It tastes better the next day. - - Serve with butter and a cup of tea on the side.

This traditional Irish barmbrack tea cake is a perfect afternoon treat. Dried fruit and spices make it extra delicious, also it is yeast-free recipe. Now the fun part about barmbrack cake was that according to Irish tradition each loaf contained various objects baked into the bread. It comes from the Irish words bairin meaning loaf, and breac meaning speckled. So the word barmbrack literally translates as speckled loaf, because of the appearance of the fruit within It was traditionally eaten as a sweet afternoon snack, spread with butter and served with a nice cup of tea.

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