Hard Dinner

Irish Barmbrack

Name: Irish Barmbrack
Prep time: 16 min
Cook time: 48 min
Total time: 64 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Unknown
Ingredients: 2.5 cups chopped dried mixed fruit; 1.5 cups hot black tea; 2.5 cups flour; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 0.5 teaspoons ground nutmeg; 0.5 teaspoons baking soda; 1 large egg; 1.5 cups sugar; 0.25 cups lemon marmalade; 1 teaspoon grated orange zest

Total Time

1h 4m

16m prep · 48m cook

Servings

4 people

Rating

—

Difficulty

Hard

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Barmbrack or brack is a traditional Irish fruitcake or fruit loaf. It was traditionally served at Halloween but is now eaten all year round. It's delicious as-is or spread with a little butter. It is tradition to add objects to the barmbrack which symbolize certain things for the person who receives it in their slice: a coin — wealth or good fortune; a ring — will marry within the year!

Ingredients

2.5 cups chopped dried mixed fruit
1.5 cups hot black tea
2.5 cups flour
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
0.5 teaspoons ground nutmeg
0.5 teaspoons baking soda
1 large egg
1.5 cups sugar
0.25 cups lemon marmalade
1 teaspoon grated orange zest

Instructions

1

Soak dried fruit in hot tea for at least 2 hours to overnight.
2

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Generously grease a round 9-inch cake pan or 9x5-inch loaf pan. Stir flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, and baking soda together; set aside.
3

Lightly beat egg in a large bowl; mix in sugar, marmalade, orange zest, and tea-soaked fruit until well combined. Gently fold in the flour mixture until just combined, then pour into the prepared pan.
4

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool in the pan for 2 hours before removing to a wire rack to cool to room temperature. Press the objects of choice into the cake through the bottom before serving.