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Ingredients
2 1/2 c. Mixed dry fruit--currantsDark and golden raisins
1 c. Boiling black tea
1 ea. Egg
1 Tsp. Mixed spice (see note*)
4 Tsp. Marmalade
1 c. (heaping) superfine sugar
2 1/2 c. Self-rising flour
Directions
Place dried fruit in a bowl, cover with the hot tea and let soak overnight. The next day, add the remaining ingredients and mix well. Preheat oven to 375 F. Pour batten into greased 7 square pan and bake in the center of oven for 1 1/2 hrs. Let cool in the pan on a wire rack. Slice and serve buttered with tea. NOTE* (Mixed spices: equal parts of cinnamon clove nutmeg allspice and mace. 1. In Northern Ireland and in the Republic BRACK is the Celtic wordfor salt and is used to mean "bread". Barm brack is leavened bread the word BARM meaning yeast. 2. The term "barmbrack" for an Irish fruit loaf or cake does not derive
from barm or leaven. It is a corruption of the Irish word "aran breac" (Speckled Bread).
