Irish Gur Cake | Irish Baker Abroad

butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil can reduce saturated fat while maintaining moisture.

currants

🥗Healthier: dried cranberries

💰Cheaper: raisins

Dried cranberries add tartness and are often less expensive.

sultanas

🥗Healthier: golden raisins

💰Cheaper: regular raisins

Golden raisins provide a similar sweetness and texture.

almond extract

🥗Healthier: vanilla extract

💰Cheaper: none

Vanilla extract can substitute for a different flavor profile.

Break up stale white and brown bread into pieces.

Pour cold tea over the bread and let it soak for about 5 minutes.

Smash the soaked bread down with a fork.

Add raisins, sultanas, and brown sugar to the bread mixture and mix well.

Add 2 teaspoons of mixed spice, 0.5 teaspoons of ground ginger, 0.5 teaspoons of ground nutmeg, and 0.5 teaspoons of ground cinnamon to the mixture.

Mix in one egg and stir until combined.

For the pastry, mix plain flour, butter, and sugar until it resembles fine breadcrumbs.

Add one egg to the mixture and shape it into a dough.

Chill the pastry in the freezer for 10-15 minutes.

Roll out three-quarters of the pastry and line a 20x30 cm baking tin with it.

Spread the filling evenly over the pastry in the tin.

Roll out the remaining pastry to cover the top and seal the edges.

Make holes in the top pastry to allow steam to escape.

Brush the top with egg and milk mixture.

Bake in the oven at 180°C for about 1 hour to 1 hour and 10 minutes, checking for doneness with a skewer.

Let the cake cool for at least 1 to 2 hours before serving.

Dust with icing sugar before serving.

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