Barm Brack (irish Whiskey Tea Loaf)

Total Time: 26 hrs Preparation Time: 24 hrs Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 pints strong brewed tea (or half strong tea and half irish wiskey i prefer the half and half method)
• 1 lb golden raisin
• 1 lb black raisins
• 1 lb brown sugar
• 1 lb all-purpose flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 3 eggs
• 6 tablespoons honey, melted (i use huckleberry honey for mine)

Recipe

• 1 first soak the raisins and sugar in the tea (or tea and whiskey) overnight.
• 2 preheat the oven to 300 degrees f (150 degrees c).
• 3 add flour, baking powder, and eggs to the tea mixture.
• 4 spoon the dough into a greased loaf pans. you should be able to fill 3 loaf pans, 8x4 inches (20x10 cm). (i prefer to make them in ready to give away little loaf pans which makes about five per batch).
• 5 place loaf pans in the oven and bake for 1 hour and 45minutes.
• 6 leave bram brack to cool in the pans for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a cooling rack and glaze the top with the melted honey. ( if you go with the small give away kind let cool then leave in tin drizzle honey on the top and cover with a little room on top and then give them away when ready.).