Irish fruit cake

A tall, rich, dark fruit cake prepared with Irish whiskey and a medley of dry fruits is hearty and delicious and a real show stopper

If you're in the mood for a densely fruited cake, this Irish barmbrack is for you! Sliced, toasted, and smothered with butter, this is what afternoon dreams are made of :-) Get your teapot ready! #irishbarmbrack #teabrack #fruitcake #irishrecipes

Irish Barmbrack is a fruit cake that was traditionally served on Halloween. The fruit is soaked in tea overnight for a moist, flavourful cake.

With St Patrick's Day coming up this week. It is a special day when people of Irish Blood the world over commemorate their most commonly ...

And so the Christmas Cake odyssey begins...the ingredients are gathered in one place and now they must be strategically arranged and manipulated into a faboo Crimbly Cake the likes of which you have never seen, especially so if you have only ever encountered those doorstops with bright red dye #5 glace cherries, never mind the green ones...but we digress.... Lucie says "This is hard work, don't let anyone fool you, making a Christmas Cake is a feat of strength no one should underestimate…

A traditional Irish fruit cake, Porter Cake is spicy with hints of dark porter beer. Enjoy as a lighter Christmas cake or at any time with a cuppa or a glass of something stronger.Use stout if you can't get porter.Well wrapped and kept in a tin, the cake will taste best if left to mature for a couple of days (or even several weeks: see Recipe Notes).

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A long-life Christmas cake that's bursting with flavours of spices and vanilla, from BBC Good Food

Be sure and have all ingredients at room temperature -- 70 F or above. Preheat oven to 225 F Prepare one-piece tube pan (10x4): Cut heavy brown paper bottom (trace bottom of...

Preheat your oven to 140 c. DON'T FORGET TO SOAK THE FRUIT THE NIGHT BEFORE FOR LEAST 12 HOURS... Prepare a 9 inch round cake tin, cut out 2 dish of grease-proof paper the...