Irish Tea Brack -

Irish Tea Brack

A Traditional Irish Tea Brack

Course Dessert

Cuisine Irish

Diet Vegetarian

Prep Time 1

Cook Time 1

Total Time 1 1

Servings loaf

Calories 127kcal

Soak the fruit in the tea overnight or at least for a couple of hours.
Pre heat the oven to 160 degrees C, I use a fan assisted electric oven, please adjust according to your own oven.
Grease a 2 lb loaf tin liberally with butter.
Add the flour, baking powder, spice and sugar to a large mixing bowl and stir together, make a well in the centre then break the egg into the well.
Add the fruit, keeping the tea, and mix well using a wooden spoon. You should have a wet sticky dough, if it's too dry add some of the reserved tea.
Spoon the dough into the prepared loaf tin and bake on the middle shelf of the oven for 50 - 60 minutes. The brack is done when it is a rich golden colour, you can test it by piercing it with a metal skewer, it should come out dry.
Leave to cool in the tin for a few minutes then transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely.
Wrap in tin foil and keep for 3 - 4 days.

Nutritional Information - is approximate and is based on one slice of brack.
Mixed Spice - mixed spice is a blend of spices. It usually consists of a mixture of ground allspice, cinnamon, nutmeg, mace, ground cloves and ground ginger. You should be able to find it in your supermarket in the spice section. If not you can buy it online.
Mixed Fruit - mixed fruit is a mixture of sultanas (golden raisins) raisins and dried orange and lemon peel. They usually come in a bag pre-mixed. You could use those ingredients separately or just use sultanas.