Baking 🇮🇪 Irish

Gur Cake

A Dublin favourite: spiced fruit and cake crumbs sandwiched between two layers of crisp pastry.

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  • Time1 hr 30
  • LevelMedium
  • Costabout £0.38 a head
  • Oven180°C (160°C fan)

Cost is worked out from Aldi and Tesco shelf prices in October 2026. Your shop and brands will differ.

12 squares

Ingredients

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Method

  1. 1

    Rub the cold butter into the flour until it looks like breadcrumbs. Add the water, bring together into a dough, divide in two and chill for 20 minutes.

    20 min
  2. 2

    Heat the oven to 180°C (160°C fan). Grease a 20 cm square tin.

  3. 3

    Mix the breadcrumbs, dried fruit, brown sugar and spice in a bowl. Beat the egg with the milk, melted butter and golden syrup, then stir into the crumbs to make a thick, damp mixture.

  4. 4

    Roll out one half of the pastry to line the base of the tin. Spread the fruit mixture over it and press it down evenly.

  5. 5

    Roll out the second piece of pastry, lay it over the top and trim the edges. Prick with a fork and sprinkle with the caster sugar.

  6. 6

    Bake for 40 minutes until golden brown. Cool in the tin, then cut into squares.

    40 min

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