I hope you enjoy this delicious bread as much as my family does. Turn the bread out of the pan onto a rack. Bake the bread for 60 to 70 minutes, until a cake tester inserted in the center comes out moist, but without clinging crumbs. Sprinkle the top evenly with the coarse sparkling sugar. Spread the mixture into the prepared pan. Add the egg, mixing until thoroughly combined. Stir until thoroughly combined the batter will be thick and stiff. Add the dried fruit, and any remaining liquid. In a medium-sized bowl, stir together the brown sugar, flour, baking powder, and salt. If your pan isn’t at least 2″ deep, use a 9″ round pan. Lightly grease an 8″ x 2″ round cake pan. Set the mixture aside to cool to lukewarm, about 1 hour. Pour the hot tea over the dried fruits in a medium-sized bowl. 2 1/2 tablespoons coarse sparkling sugar.1 cup light brown sugar or dark brown sugar, firmly packed.1 cup pitted prunes, snipped into small pieces.1 cup brewed hot tea, Irish breakfast tea is a good choice.I’m sharing a recipe for tea brack today. Subscribers to my newsletter receive a free novella, which is the boarding house woman’s story, a prequel. The books are Grace’s Pictures, Annie’s Stories, and Sofia’s Tune. The characters all live in a boarding house run by an English woman. My Ellis Island series features immigrants, most from Ireland but there is an Italian immigrant main character as well. They are set in ancient Ireland and are based on legends. The Daughters of Ireland series includes Brigid of Ireland, Pages of Ireland, and Enya’s Son. Their joys and sorrows, their lessons learned, can teach us so much. I write stories that seek to share the legacy those before left for us. I learned about Irish culture and history and wrote about it in both my fiction and nonfiction. I wanted to learn more about my ancestors who came over from Ireland in the 18th century.
My interest in Ireland started with my genealogy. Everywhere you go in Ireland, you are offered tea anytime of the day. I love tea brack-a traditional Irish fruit loaf or tea cake. Local beef, potatoes, cold weather vegetables, free range eggs … are all the things you’d expect to find enrich a meal in Ireland. Ireland is a rural country dotted with seemingly endless family farms. Cindy is the author of several historical novels set in Ireland or that have Irish characters. Welcome to friend and fellow author, Cindy Thomson, who shares a recipe with us for a delicious tea brack.
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