Irish Tea Loaf | Barmbrack
Irish Tea Loaf | Barmbrack

Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, irish tea loaf | barmbrack. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious. Barmbrack is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Barmbrack is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have irish tea loaf | barmbrack using 11 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Irish Tea Loaf | Barmbrack:
  1. Make ready Earl Grey, 2 Tea Bags
  2. Prepare 250 ml Boiling Water,
  3. Get 50 ml Irish Whiskey,
  4. Make ready 375 g High Quality Dried Fruit Mix,
  5. Get Unsalted Butter, For Greasing
  6. Get 225 g Unbleached All Purpose Flour,
  7. Make ready 2 TSP Baking Powder,
  8. Prepare 60 g Light Muscovado Sugar,
  9. Prepare 60 g Molasses Sugar,
  10. Get 1/2 TSP All Spice Powder,
  11. Get 1 Egg,
Instructions to make Irish Tea Loaf | Barmbrack:
  1. Brew earl grey with boiling water in a large bowl.

Cover and steep the tea bags until tea is slightly cooled.

Remove the tea bags.

Do not be tempted to squeeze the tea bags to extract more tea. It will leave a bitter note.

  1. Add in whiskey and stir to combine well.

Add in the dried fruits mix.

Stir the mixture to combine well making sure all the fruits are fully submerged.

  1. Cover and let it sit on the counter at room temperature overnight.

The next day, preheat oven to 170 degree celsius or 340 fahrenheit.

Grease loaf pan with butter.

  1. Line parchment paper with the sides overhanging. It will be easy to unmold.

Set aside.

Strain the fruits mixture thru a fine strainer over a bowl.

Do not discard the liquid. It will be used at a later stage.

  1. Strain the fruits mixture thru a fine strainer over a bowl.

Do not discard the liquid. It will be used at a later stage.

Set aside.

In a large bowl, add flour, baking powder, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and cloves.

  1. Set aside.

In a large bowl, add flour, baking powder, sugar and all spice.

Stir to combine well.

Create a well in the center.

Add in egg.

Add in the mixed fruits.

  1. Add in the fruits liquid 1 TBSP at a time, at the same time mixing.

Keep adding and mixing until it is very annoying to mix anymore.

You should have a wet and sticky dough, but not runny.

Discard any leftover liquid.

  1. Mix to combine well.

Transfer into the prepared loaf pan.

Wack into the oven and bake for 1 hr, or until the top turns dark brown and pass the skewer test.

Remove from oven and set aside until completely cooled.

  1. Unmold and transfer onto a large cling film.

Wrap the cake and set aside for 24 to 48 hrs before slicing and serving.

It tastes better the next day.

Serve with butter and a cup of tea on the side.

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