Best 6 Barmbrack Or Barm Brack Recipes

IRISH BARMBRACK

Steps:

• Soak the dried fruit in the hot tea for 2 hours, then drain and gently squeeze out excess tea.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9 inch Bundt pan. Stir together the flour cinnamon, nutmeg, and baking soda; set aside.
• Beat the egg, sugar, marmalade, orange zest, and tea-soaked fruit until well combined. Gently fold in the flour until just combined, then pour into the prepared Bundt pan.
• Bake in preheated oven for 1 hour or until the top of the cake springs back when lightly pressed. Allow to cool in the pan for 2 hours before removing. Continue to cool to room temperature on a wire rack. Press the objects of choice into the cake through the bottom before serving.

TRADITIONAL IRISH BARMBRACK

Steps:

• Place the raisins (or other dried fruit) in a bowl. Pour over the hot tea. Cover the bowl and let the fruit sit until plumped (at least 8 hours, preferably overnight).
• Preheat the oven to 325 F. Liberally grease or butter a 9x5 loaf pan.
• Drain the raisins reserving the soaking liquid. Set both aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, add the sifted flour, salt, cinnamon, cloves, brown sugar, and baking powder. Whisk well.
• Add the egg, stirring with a wooden spoon until the mixture is a crumbly texture.
• Add half of the reserved tea and mix well. Add more tea a little at a time until the mixture is the consistency of cake batter. (Note: you may not need all the tea.)
• Add the plumped raisins to the batter and stir well.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
• Remove from the oven and cool for 10 minutes. Turn the loaf out and let it cool completely on a wire rack.

IRISH BARM BRACK (FRUIT LOAF)

Steps:

• Soak the raisins and currents in the cold tea overnight.
• Heat oven to 350F and line a 1 lb loaf pan with greased parchment paper.
• Add all the remaining ingredient to the raisins, currents and cold tea.
• Stir well and pour into the prepared loaf pan.
• Bake for apprx 1 1/2 hours or until cooked through.
• Keeps well in a covered tin.
• Serve buttered.

BARMBRACK OR BARM BRACK

Steps:

• Combine fruit and sugar in a large bowl. Pour tea over fruit mixture, cover, and let sit overnight.
• Next morning, stir in egg, then flour,baking powder, soda, and salt sifted together.
• Turn into greased loaf pan and bake for 1 1/2 hours at 300°F.
• Turn onto wire rack to cool.
• To serve, slice and butter.
• NOTE: I did not include soaking time in the time to make.

BARM BRACK

Steps:

• Put the tea, sugar, raisins and peel into a bowl, cover and leave to soak overnight.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour an 8 inch round pan.
• Sift the flour into the fruit mixture, add the egg and beat well.
• Pour into the cake pan and bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 1 hour and 45 minutes, or until toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean. Leave in the pan for 5 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack.

GRACIE'S BARMBRACK

Steps:

• Place dried fruit in a bowl and pour in tea; let soak for 2 hours.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a loaf pan with cooking spray and line with parchment paper.
• Beat flour, brown sugar, and egg into fruit mixture until batter is well mixed; pour into the prepared loaf pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven on the center rack until a skewer inserted into the center comes out clean, 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 hours.