Tea brack

Birdsong

hi,

would any one have a recommendation for a tea brack / fruit loaf type of cake. I made the one from the Odlums website and wasn't too go gone on it tbh, so would like to get a recipe some one has found good.

Many thanks

livinsane

I've made the following recipe before, and thought it was lovely. I don't know where I got the recipe, just have it written on a piece of paper.

Tea Brack

225g self raising flour
375g mixed dried fruit
300ml cold tea
125g caster sugar
1 egg
Pinch mixed spice

Soak fruit in tea overnight
Add sugar, eggs, flour, mixed spice and mix well
Put in greased lined 2lb loaf tin
Bake for 1 hour at Gas 3.

Another great fruit loaf to make is banana bread. I have attached the Darina Allen recipe, which I have made countless times. It's fabulous.

Countdown1982

Tea Brack

This is one that i use, it is lovely and moist. I have also made it with Dunnes ‘Simply better' luxury dried fruitmix, instead of the sultanas.......delicious

Ingredients

330ml Coldstrong tea
270g Plainflour
80g Softbrown sugar
350gSultanas
1 level teaspoon Bread soda (Bicarbonate of Soda)
1 level teaspoon Mixed Spice or allspice
1 heaped teaspoon Grated lemon rind (optional
1 egg

2lb loaf

Method

Put the sugar, lemon rind and dried fruit ina bowl. Soak in the tea, cover and leave to soak overnight.

The following day, preheat the oven to 350ºF (180ºC/GasMark 4) and grease the loaf tin with a little butter. Beat the egg and mixit thoroughly with the fruit. Sieve the flour, spices and bread soda togetherand stir well into the fruit mixture.

Turn the batter into the tin, place in the oven and bake for 90 minutes.

Allow the brack to cool for about 20 minutes in the tin before turningit out to cool on a wire rack.

J_A_F_A

That is very similar to the recipe I use which was published in the
Irish Examiner 8/7/06 by Clodagh McKenna

350g dried fruit
300 ml cold tea
230g self raising flour
120g castor sugar
1 beaten egg
pinch mixed spice

Double the recipe does nicely for three 1lb loaf tins...handy for cake sales. It also freezes well. If in a hurry you can soak the fruit with freshly made tea and allow to cool.

livinsane wrote: »

I've made the following recipe before, and thought it was lovely. I don't know where I got the recipe, just have it written on a piece of paper.

Tea Brack

225g self raising flour
375g mixed dried fruit
300ml cold tea
125g caster sugar
1 egg
Pinch mixed spice

<snip>.

J_A_F_A

I just had a look at the recipe on the Odlums site and it's virtually identical to the one I use all the time. Did you taste it straight away or wait a few days? It certainly does improve after a few days. Kinda dry and tasteless straight away but moist and with a much better flavor with age. To improve things even more you could replace some of the tea with a shot of brandy / spiced rum /whatever you're having yourself...

Birdsong wrote: »

hi,

would any one have a recommendation for a tea brack / fruit loaf type of cake. I made the one from the Odlums website and wasn't too go gone on it tbh, so would like to get a recipe some one has found good.

Many thanks

Birdsong

Many thanks for all the receipes, will definatly be giving them a shot.

I think you may be right - the loaf was cut the next day. Will give it longer next time