Ireland has some spooktacular Halloween traditions and one of our favorites has always been the anticipation of who will get the ring in the traditional Barmbrack bread. Barmbrack is a fruit-filled ...

Many of my Irish friends grew up carving turnips to ward off evil spirits at Halloween because pumpkins were not readily available in Ireland until recently. While they didn’t have pumpkins, they did ...

You may know about the plastic baby Jesus in the Mardi Gras king cake, but did you know that there’s an ancient history behind hiding symbolic trinkets in baked goods? Special-occasion breads (think ...

When the boss gently hints that you should do something, it’s prudent to pay attention. Fortunately, the gentle hint I recently received was regarding sharing a recipe for Irish food, so I’m all in. I ...

Everyone must get a slice of Irish Halloween barmbrack to see what the future holds – weddings, spinsterhood, or poverty!? Fun. Halloween, celebrated on October 31, is one of those authentic Celtic ...

Barmbrack: Learn the secrets behind this traditional Irish Halloween bread recipe!

Barmbrack is a tea loaf similar to the Welsh bara brith. Here the same flavours have been used in this sweet bread laced with delicious dried fruit and chocolate. For the bread, line a baking tray ...

Barmbrack is a traditional Irish sweetened bread not dissimilar to the Welsh bara brith. In Gaelic it’s known as báirín breac, or ‘speckled loaf’, due to the way the dough is dotted with raisins. When ...