Bram Brack Soul Cakes

Name: Bram Brack Soul Cakes
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 12 serving(s)
Ingredients: 4 cups flour; 1 cup milk, room temperature; 1 1/4 cups sultanas (white raisins); 2 tablespoons butter; 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 3/4 cup sugar; 1 cake yeast; 1 cup dried currant; 1/2 cup candied orange peel; 3/4 teaspoon nutmeg; 1 egg

Submitted by Chef #208121

"another version of Soul Cakes with fruit and yeast. Takes more work than the other Soul Cake recipe I posted. From the book: Barm Brack; From Theodora Fitzgibbon, A Taste of Ireland, London: Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1944, 1994"

Download

Ready In:: 2hrs
Ingredients:: 12
Serves:: 12

ingredients

4 cups flour
1 cup milk, room temperature
1 ¹⁄₄ cups sultanas (white raisins)
2 tablespoons butter
¹⁄₂ teaspoon cinnamon
¹⁄₂ teaspoon salt
³⁄₄ cup sugar
1 cake yeast
1 cup dried currant
¹⁄₂ cup candied orange peel
³⁄₄ teaspoon nutmeg
1 egg

directions

Sift flour, spices, and salt together, then rub in the butter. Cream the yeast with 1 teaspoon of the sugar and 1 teaspoon of the milk. Allow to froth.
Add the rest of the sugar to the flour mixture and blend well. Add the milk and beaten egg onto the yeast mixture and combine with flour mixture.
Beat well with a spoon or with the dough hook of an electric mixer for about 5 minutes, or until stiff but elastic.
Fold in dried fruit and peel, cover with a cloth and let rise in a warm place until doubled.
Divide in half and place each in a greased 7” cake tin. Cover and let rise again for 30 minutes.
Bake in a 400 degree oven for about 1 hour, or until it tests done.
Glaze top with 1 tablespoon sugar dissolved in 2 tablespoons boiling water and return to oven for 3 minutes.
Cool on wire rack. Serve in slices, buttered. If stale, toast and serve buttered.

Questions & Replies

Got a question? Share it with the community!

Reviews

Have any thoughts about this recipe? Share it with the community!

RECIPE SUBMITTED BY

drhousespcatcher

AND that is the end of this. If the phone doesn't ring? It's me. If you are looking to ask me a question? I'm not here. I won't answer. I do not assure you that the ingredients, amounts or even the directions in any recipe under my two accounts are correct due to the bad directional pointer in the database that is causing problems with the amounts or ingredients. I will also NOT assure you they are correct when the site claims they are fixed. Use at your own risk. They will be correct on my site. End of story. Sigh.. OK IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR JESSIE'S KEY LIME PIE? Google the name. It's all over the net. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a god or not. - Eric Hoffer And no I didn't let the door hit me on the ... on the way to my site at <A HREF="http://chef.philocrates.tripod.com">Philocrate's recipes </A> where at least I can take responsibilty for mistakes in recipes.

View Full Profile