How Do You Bake Fruity Irish Soda Bread With Whiskey Butter?
Irish soda bread is a very popular Irish food. It has a rough golden brown crust with a tender, dense interior. Irish soda bread is delicious when sliced and smeared with butter and jam. It can also be eaten with stews or soups or toasted. The Irish never use the words “soda bread” and instead call it “cake” or “cake bread.” All traditional Irish soda bread recipes contain baking soda, flour, buttermilk (sour milk), and salt. This bread used to be baked several times a week, as it did not keep long. Authentic Irish soda bread was not festive and did not contain raisins, caraway seeds, candied fruit, or whiskey. The traditional plain Irish soda bread was eaten daily by the Irish since the mid 19th century. The following recipe is slightly more deluxe! Soak the raisins overnight in the whiskey. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Mix together the sugar, flour, salt, baking powder, and orange rind in a large mixing bowl. Stir in the raisin mixture. Dissolve the soda in the buttermilk and a
