Breads

English Tea Cakes

11 June 2023

English Tea Cakes are another tea rooms staple – my customers love my homemade ones. My recipe is based on several different traditional recipes including Yorkshire Tea Cakes and classic English Tea Cakes and contains no spice. I used to buy my tea cakes from my catering supplier but after […]

Breads

Rye and Oatmeal Soda Bread

11 January 2023

I regularly make a number of different types of soda bread but this is the first time I have made a Rye and Oatmeal Soda Bread. I made two types, one using a dark rye flour and one using light rye. The idea for this version came after someone posted […]

Soda Bread, Breads

Irish Soda Bread With Ancient Grains (Rye, Barley, Oats, Spelt)

5 August 2021

Here are four Irish soda bread recipes with ancient grains (Rye, Barley, Oats and Spelt) – Rye and Caraway Soda Bread, Barley Soda Bread, Irish Oatmeal Soda Bread and Date and Walnut Spelt Soda Bread. Rye The loaves made using rye flour were very successful. I used both dark and […]

Soda Bread, Breads

White Soda Bread Recipe

30 July 2021

I remember my grandmother baking White Soda Bread on her old fashioned solid fuel range. Going down to breakfast in the morning there would be the delicious smell of fresh soda bread. Baking soda bread is for me a comforting return to childhood memories. It is a very simple, easy, […]

Breads, Soda Bread

How to Make Buttermilk Soda Bread

23 July 2021

Soda bread is a simple, delicious, yeast free bread. My Irish grandmother made her soda bread using traditional buttermilk ie: the liquid left when making butter. Last week I was asked which liquid I prefer to use in making scones. I usually use cultured buttermilk which I make myself. It […]