Today I am sharing a fabulous family recipe for Yorkshire Dales Barm Brack Fruit Cake.
For a Yorkshire Dales High Tea
I love a fruit loaf or fruit cake, as regular readers will know; and today I am sharing a fabulous family recipe for Yorkshire Dales Barm Brack Fruit Cake.
There are many Barm Brack recipes out there, some are Irish or Scottish, but Yorkshire also has a traditional recipe for Brack too, and this one hails from the Yorkshire Dales.
This recipe is one I created after eating some delicious brack when I was staying in Wensleydale last year, with Wensleydale cheese too, of course.
A Brack is basically a fat-free tea loaf, where the dried fruit is steeped overnight in hot tea. However, this recipe also has black treacle and whisky added too.
It’s much richer and fruitier than more frugal recipes for fruit loaves, and the recipe has glace cherries added too.
This is good “keeping” fruit cake and makes a great alternative for Christmas cake, especially when fed weekly with extra whisky!
Serve this delicious Dales speciality buttered and with a slice of cheese, which is the Yorkshire way, with a cuppa and maybe a wee dram of whisky too.
I hope you enjoy this latest recipe of mine, please do leave a comment below if you made it and how you served it, Karen
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Baking and Serving Notes
- Prep time includes soaking the fruit overnight.
- This is good “keeping” fruit cake and makes a great alternative for Christmas cake, especially when fed weekly with extra whisky.
- Serve this delicious Dales speciality buttered and with a slice of cheese, which is the Yorkshire way, with a cuppa and maybe a wee dram of whisky too.
Yorkshire Dales Barm Brack Fruit Cake Recipe
Yorkshire Dales Barm Brack Fruit Cake
Yield:
12 slices
Prep Time:
12 hours 20 minutes
Cook Time:
1 hour 30 minutes
Total Time:
13 hours 50 minutes
I love a fruit loaf or fruit cake, as regular readers will know; and today I am sharing a fabulous family recipe for Yorkshire Dales Barm Brack Fruit Cake.
There are many Barm Brack recipes out there, some are Irish or Scottish, but Yorkshire also has a traditional recipe for Brack too, and this one hails from the Yorkshire Dales.
This recipe is one I created after eating some delicious brack when I was staying in Wensleydale last year, with Wensleydale cheese too, of course.
A Brack is basically a fat-free tea loaf, where the dried fruit is steeped overnight in hot tea. However, this recipe also has black treacle and whisky added too.
It’s much richer and fruitier than more frugal recipes for fruit loaves, and the recipe has glace cherries added too.
This is good “keeping” fruit cake and makes a great alternative for Christmas cake, especially when fed weekly with extra whisky!
Serve this delicious Dales speciality buttered and with a slice of cheese, which is the Yorkshire way, with a cuppa and maybe a wee dram of whisky too.
I hope you enjoy this latest recipe of mine, please do leave a comment below if you made it and how you served it, Karen
Ingredients
- 450g (1lb) mixed dried fruit and peel
- 110g (4ozs) halved glace cherries
- 300ml (1/2 pint) hot tea (Yorkshire tea is best)
- A good slug of whisky
- 4 tablespoons black treacle
- 2 free-range eggs, beaten
- 110g (4ozs)soft brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon mixed spice
- 450g (1lb) SR Flour
Instructions
1. Place all of the dried fruit, and the glace cherries into a large jug or bowl, and pour over the hot tea and whisky. Cover and allow to soak overnight.
2. The next day when you are ready to bake the Brack, pre-heat the oven to 170C/350F/Gas mark 3 and grease and line a 2lb (900g) loaf tin with butter and baking paper.
3. Put the black treacle, beaten eggs, sugar, spices and the flour into a large mixing bowl and add the tea and whisky soaked dried fruit.
4. Mix well with a wooden spoon until everything is amalgamated. Spoon the mixture into the prepared loaf tin and bake in the middle of the oven for 1 and a half hours, until the loaf is well risen and the centre is cooked through. (If the loaf gets too brown whilst cooking, cover it with some foil)
5. Remove the loaf from the oven, and allow to cool in the tin for 5 to 10 minutes before turning out onto a wire cooling rack.
6. Cut into slices once the Brack is cold, and spread with butter with a slice of cheese if desired. Store in an airtight tin.
Notes
Prep time includes soaking the fruit overnight.
This is good “keeping” fruit cake and makes a great alternative for Christmas cake, especially when fed weekly with extra whisky.
Serve this delicious Dales speciality buttered and with a slice of cheese, which is the Yorkshire way, with a cuppa and maybe a wee dram of whisky too.
Nutrition Information
Yield 12
Serving Size 1
Amount Per Serving
Calories 69Total Fat 1gSaturated Fat 0gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 1gCholesterol 31mgSodium 13mgCarbohydrates 11gFiber 1gSugar 2gProtein 2g
