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Prep Time: 10 Minutes Cook Time: 1 Minutes |
Ready In: 11 Minutes Servings: 10 |
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This tasty bread is not too sweet, very nice toasted, buttered, and served with a hot cup of tea. Barmbrack is the centre of an Irish Halloween custom. The Halloween Brack traditionally contained various objects baked into the bread and was used as a sort of fortune-telling game. In the barmbrack were: a pea, a stick, a piece of cloth, a small coin (originally a silver sixpence) and a ring. Each item, when received in the slice, was supposed to carry a meaning to the person concerned: the pea, the person would not marry that year; the stick, would have an unhappy marriage or continually be in disputes; the cloth or rag, would have bad luck or be poor; the coin, would enjoy good fortune or be rich; and the ring, would be wed within the year. Recipe found Cook time does not include the overnight soaking of the dried fruit... Ingredients:
2 1/2 cups mixed dried fruit (currants, dates & raisins) |
1 cup black tea (heated to boiling) |
1 egg, slighty beaten |
1 mixed spice |
4 teaspoons orange marmalade |
1 1/3 cups sugar |
2 1/2 cups self-raising flour |
Directions:
1. Place dried fruit in a bowl, cover with the hot tea and let soak overnight.
2. The next day, add the remaining ingredients. and mix well.
3. Preheat oven to 375°F Pour batter into greased 7 square pan and bake in the center of oven for 1 1/2 hours.
4. Let cool in the pan on a wire rack. Slice and serve buttered with tea.
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