Gosh interesting that this is a Saint Patrick's day recipe. We don't eat it at that time of year but at Halloween. At Halloween people sometimes bake a cheap ring, or coins into the brac. Legend says that the person who finds the ring is the next to get engaged/married.
*disclaimer* If you decide to bake rings or coins into this cake, warn those who eat slices lest they swallow such things. Dónal On 18 Feb 2011, at 16:55, Marilyn wrote: > Barm Brack - St Patrick's Day > > 1 3/4 cups brewed black tea, cold > 1 cup packed light brown sugar > 1 1/4 cups golden raisins > 1/4 cup chopped candied citron > 1 1/4 cups self-rising flour > 1 egg, beaten > > Directions > > 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. > > > > Dorie > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark Dónal Fitzpatrick [email protected] _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
