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Irish Tea Brack

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5 Reviews

Total Time
1h 40m
Prep Time
10m
Bake Time
1h 30m
Serves 12
Serves 12
easy
Easy

About the bake

This traditional Irish Tea Brack Loaf is filled with fruit and makes a great tea time treat. We're convinced it makes a great lunchbox treat too, not just one for St. Patrick's Day. The fruit requires soaking over night in tea.

9 ingredients5 steps

    Method

    1. Step 1

      Put the dried mixed fruit and cherries into a large bowl and pour over the hot tea and leave overnight.

    2. Step 2

      The next day, preheat the oven to 180C (fan 160C, gas mark 4) and line a 900g loaf tin with baking paper. Ready made liners for loaf tins are available in larger supermarkets.

    3. Step 3

      Add the remaining ingredients to the soaked fruit and tea and stir well.

    4. Step 4

      Pour into the loaf tin and bake for 1 1/2 hours or until a skewer comes out clean when pushed into the middle. After an hour just check as you might want to cover with foil if browning too much.

    5. Step 5

      Leave to cool in the tin and then serve sliced with butter.

    Ingredients

      • 300gDried mixed fruits 
      • 100gGlacé cherries 
      • 300mlTea (hot, strong) 
      • 125gBillington's Unrefined Light Muscovado Sugar 
      • 125gBillington's Unrefined Dark Muscovado Sugar 
      • 1Egg(s) (free range) (large, beaten) 
      • 275gAllinson's Self Raising Flour 
      • 1 tspMixed spice 
      • Butter (salted) (to serve) 

    Utensils

    • Large mixing bowl
    • Baking paper
    • Loaf tin
    • Skewer
    • Tin foil

    Nutritional information per 97g serving

    • Energy 270cal
    • Fat 0.9g
    • of which Saturates 0.2g
    • Carbohydrates 60g
    • of which Sugars 44g
    • Protein 3.5g
    • Salt 0.29g

    5 Baker Ratings

    Absolutely gorgeous! A real hit with my family who adore a good tea brack. Have had to leave it in for an extra 30 mins but that's fine, tasted great!

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    First time I have made this and its great

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