Irish tea brack
A moist fruit loaf made by soaking dried fruit in hot tea overnight, with no butter and nothing fiddly. Lovely sliced and buttered.
- Time1 hr 30 plus soaking
- LevelEasy
- Costabout £0.32 a head
- Oven160°C (140°C fan)
Cost is worked out from Aldi and Tesco shelf prices in October 2026. Your shop and brands will differ.
Ingredients
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Method
- 1
Put the dried fruit and sugar in a large bowl and pour over the hot tea. Stir, cover and leave overnight, or for at least 8 hours, until the fruit is plump.
- 2
Heat the oven to 160°C (140°C fan). Grease and line a 900 g loaf tin.
- 3
Stir the egg into the soaked fruit. Sift in the flour and mixed spice and fold gently until no dry flour is left. The mix should be quite soft.
- 4
Spoon into the tin and level the top.
- 5
Bake for 1 hour 10 minutes, until risen and a skewer pushed into the middle comes out clean. Cover the top with foil after 45 minutes if it browns too fast.
70 min - 6
Leave in the tin for 15 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack. Slice when cold and serve with butter.
Double check before you cook. Recipes can contain mistakes. Any diet labels come from the ingredients as written in this recipe and are a guide, not a guarantee. Always check every ingredient and the packet label for allergens and cross contamination, and ask your doctor or dietitian what is right for you, especially with coeliac disease, diabetes or a serious allergy. This is not medical advice.