When I see the tea bracks piled high in shops I know its time for me to start asking the kids what Halloween costumes they want to wear. Most families have their own tea brack recipe and you can add a ...

We don’t have a whole lot of traditional Irish cakes, but those we do have, I nurture. This is a tea brack, in fact. The traditional barm brack was made with yeast like a bread, but this one was a ...

Now you may be among the nay-sayers who believe Halloween is an American-conceived tradition or holiday, and not something we should bother ourselves with here. To shatter that myth, and to provide a ...

Local Flavor’s favorite part of every holiday is the food, and St. Patrick’s Day is no exception. Lucky for us, Irish recipes like Judy Kennedy’s Tea Brack make for some of the most delicious we’ve ...

Many brack recipes, including this one from “The Best of Irish Breads and Baking” by Georgina Campbell, call for “mixed spice,” which, as its name implies, is a mix of baking spices. Cathal Armstrong ...

I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. Many of you may be unfamiliar with tea brack, but it’s popular in Ireland. A sweet and yet ...

Featured in Bake, a cookbook paying homage to Irish women bakers, Winter Brack is packed full of fruit, warming spices, almonds and orange. Twelfth Night is the last great frolicking feast of ...