I made another Barm Brack, as an offering to the Irish side of the family. My husband’s youngest nephew died tragically, and sudden. I thought the loaf would be of some comfort to my sister-in-law. Your’s is the best recipe- the only one I bake. All the best, heather

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3 жыл бұрын

Hi Heather. What a nice idea to bake the Barm Brack under those circumstances. I am glad you think this is the best recipe.

Made it! Had a bag of dried mixed berries and cherries in the cupboard, threw in a handful of raisins, soaked it in tea and added a slosh of Crown Royal Apple Whisky. It is my husband's new favourite. Thank you Geoff!

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4 жыл бұрын

Hi Linda. That's great! One of the advantages is just how adaptable the recipe is, to what you may have available. I am glad your husband enjoyed it.

Hello Geoff, You've made it so simple and easy to follow your instructions and demonstrations that even I who have no confidence in baking even a basic cake is going to bake this cake as soon as I get the dry fruits and nuts. Thank you so much.

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Жыл бұрын

Hi Shantha. I do hope you enjoy making, and eating, this lovely leaf loaf. Starting with some simple baking like this certainly gives confidence to move on to other things.

Hi Geoff, this cake is amazing, I’ve made several and they are delicious. I have dropped a couple to my Mum and Dad over the last few weeks and they absolutely thoroughly enjoyed them. Will look forward to making some again when flour is more readily available. I’ve watched you bake for a very long time and I enjoy baking along with you, thank you for all you do. I love watching you bake and at this difficult time your channel has helped me to relax, especially on those difficult days. Take care and stay safe ❤️ x

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4 жыл бұрын

HI Janet. That's great I am glad you enjoyed this recipe and were able to share with your parents. Thanks for your nice comments. Hopefully more recipes to come in the near future.

I baked it and it really is good. Thanks as always for translating measurements for us non-metric folks! I added a bit of whole wheat flour, 1/4 tsp salt, and chopped walnuts. It's amazing how rich it tastes considering it has no fat in it.

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3 жыл бұрын

Hi Deborah. That's great. I am glad you enjoyed it and that your additions worked well.

I'm here again for barnine brac. Fast became a very big hit in my family x

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3 жыл бұрын

Hi Miss Dream. I am glad your family enjoy it so much. Do they eat as is, or with some butter spread on a slice? Both are very good. I think with some cheese would be nice too.

Awesome recipe! Thanks 😊

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4 жыл бұрын

Hi Daysioc. Thanks very much. You are most welcome.

Love your channel and recipes!! Love from California, and thank you especially for the UK/Australian/Irish type of recipes. I get tired of American ones some days, your channel is a nice change. Be safe!!

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4 жыл бұрын

Hi Sarah, thanks very much. I am glad you enjoy the recipes. I hope you keep yourself safe too.

Hi it's 6.18 am and I'm have my 1st cup of lovely hot coffee It's very cold since we in winter. I love fruit in everything cakes,muffins and scones.I generally boil the fruit,butter and sugar. Will try this recipe and make it eggless and maybe rum essence and spices. Take care be safe and lots of love from South Africa

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3 жыл бұрын

Hi Sushila Shukla. It is 5.33 a.m here in the UK now. But, for me, it is very warm. I hope you enjoy this when you make it.

Very good recipe!

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4 жыл бұрын

Hi Sweta Tolani. Thanks very much.

I love it when men cook... Thank you so much for posting this... I sure am going to try this later today... It looks yummy!... 👍

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3 жыл бұрын

Hi Carol. That's great. I do hope you enjoy it.

Haveto give this a try! Thank you!

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3 жыл бұрын

HI Joy. Please do, and I hope you enjoy it.

Looks lovely

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3 жыл бұрын

Hi Jean. Thanks very much.

Oh, I wish I could have a piece of that right now! Thanks for that recipe with such common ingredients, Geoff.

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4 жыл бұрын

Hi Sally. I wish you were able to have a slice too. I am sure you would enjoy it at much as I did.

❤️ your wonderful recipes! Sending ❤️ from the USA!

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4 жыл бұрын

Hi Jainy Murphy. I am glad you are enjoying the recipes.

I think I'm going to try this tomorrow. Thank you!

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4 жыл бұрын

Hi Mary Roraff. That's great. I do hope you enjoy it.

I wl definitely try this..love your recipes.and your calm accent. Thanks from qatar

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4 жыл бұрын

Hi Rahat Irshad. That's great. I do hope you enjoy it when you bake it.

Hi Geoff,I liked this recipe very much.I know that I will love this.Thanking you for sharing and baking with us your lovely recipes.Bless you for all that you do and keep them baking. Stay safe Geoff bake only when you can and use only what you have.XXX Blessings Pat

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4 жыл бұрын

Hi Patricia. I hope you are keeping well. I am also glad that you like the recipe. This is such a nice and easy thing to make, and it tastes so good.

Thank you from Ireland

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4 жыл бұрын

Hi Jackie, you are most welcome.

......MMMMMM Looks absolutely delicious

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3 жыл бұрын

HI GeoffDundee. Thanks very much.

@geoffdundee

3 жыл бұрын

@@geoffsbakingblog .....youre welcome - subscribed and will check your other clips when ive time as i see lots of delish items.

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3 жыл бұрын

@@geoffdundee HI Geoff. Thanks for subscribing. I hope you find some things you want to try.

Thanks quite delicious

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2 жыл бұрын

Hi Raynes Sherwell. Thanks. I am glad you think so.

I made this cake using 100 grams with slightly out of date,dates chopped and 75 grams glacie cherries the rest with sultanas and currents it's so easy to make and very tasty one of my favourites, I'm enjoying your budget cooking during this lockdown thanks 😀

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4 жыл бұрын

Hi Veronika, That's great. It is good to be able to use what you already have in the cupboard. I am glad you tried this one.

So glad I found this recipe. Made this today and it is delicious! Will definitely make this again 😋

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2 жыл бұрын

Hi Lori. That's great. I am glad that you enjoyed it.

Thank you for the video. This must taste good with the fruit and spices used. Yes, these are trying times. I took an empty shopping bag to the supermarket today and came home with the bag still empty.

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4 жыл бұрын

Hi, It does taste so good. I hope you are able to get the supplies you need soon. Hopefuly others will soon start to buy just what they need and leave enough for others.

Just discovered your channel. Your tea loaf looks delicious! Enjoyed your video, loved to listen to your calm, soothing voice..

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3 жыл бұрын

Hi Sheryl Denise. Thanks very much. I am glad you found the channel and have enjoyed what you've see.

Looks fabulous must try this thanks Geoff

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4 жыл бұрын

Hi DeadSkull99. I hope you do. I am sure you will enjoy it.

Made this today.. is delicious.. so tasty.. thanks Geoff.

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4 жыл бұрын

Hi Cozicoops, that's great. I am glad you are enjoying it.

Hi Geoff. It makes my Grandboys happy when I add a half cup of chocolate chips with those fruits.

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3 жыл бұрын

HI Carol. I can imagine. I find that youngsters enjoy most things even more with a little chocolate included.

Thanks Geoff! I made this today and I’m looking forward to a slice for breakfast tomorrow morning. Really enjoying your channel, thank you for taking the time to share your recipes!

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4 жыл бұрын

HI Lucky13lucky. You are very welcome. I hope you enjoy your breakfast.

@lucky13lucky

4 жыл бұрын

Geoff Cooper I cut into it this morning and it was delicious. Packed with fruit and a lovely moist texture. Thank you!

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4 жыл бұрын

lucky13lucky I am so glad it turned out well for you.

I saw this got uploaded while I was at work this morning. A bit hard to sneak off to watch though. Mind you it's only 8am here in Sydney, I'm stuck on the graveyard shift at the moment. This looks fantastic and super easy to make. I'll try it soon. I gave your yoghurt cookies a go the other night, very tasty. Take care Geoff.

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4 жыл бұрын

Hi Victor, I am glad you enjoyed the yoghurt cookies. This is a very tasty recipe too, so I hope you enjoy it. I hope you stay safe too.

Thank you monsieur Geoff!

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4 жыл бұрын

Hi Danah75. You are very welcome.

I will try this. I never heard of Barmbrack before. I like the way this man scrapes out the bowl, it is annoying to watch cooks who just leave a lot of the food around the sides of the bowl. I worry about not knowing exactly how much of the liquid to use, I am not the world’s greatest cook. haha. But I will give it a go.💁‍♀️

@geoffsbakingblog

3 жыл бұрын

HI Sonia. I hope you enjoy it when you try it. Don't worry too much about how much liquid you use. The more liquid you use the longer the load will need to be baked for. But you can test with a skewer poked into the centre to see when it is done. I do tend to scrape my bowls rather more than a lot of people, since I think all the ingredients need to be. used.

I made this today, just delicious yum

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4 жыл бұрын

Hi Jackie. That's great! I am so glad you like it. I think it is even better the next day too.

cant wait to try this

That looks lovely Geoff, sounds even better with butter on it. I have some dried fruit to use up too. Hope you are keeping safe and well.

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4 жыл бұрын

Hi Wendy. It is great with butter. I have had several slices today, buttered. So good. I hope you enjoy it if you do make it. So far so good here. I hope the same for you too.

@missmaryhdream6560

3 жыл бұрын

@@geoffsbakingblog thank you, it looks perfect

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3 жыл бұрын

@@missmaryhdream6560 HI Miss Dream. You are very welcome.

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3 жыл бұрын

@@geoffsbakingblogI have tried it and it's delicious 😋, I put a good glug of brandy in. I wish you could smell it, tastes superb

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3 жыл бұрын

@@missmaryhdream6560 That's good. I am so glad you enjoyed it.

Thanks for this Geoff, brilliantly presented and a successful outcome for me. I could frazzle cornflakes, so you can imagine my grand kids surprise I made something edible.

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3 жыл бұрын

HI Anthony. That's great. I am glad it turned out well for you. Your grandchildren will be expecting more baking from you now, I am sure.

I'm making this tomorrow

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4 жыл бұрын

HI Zoe, that's great. I do hope you enjoy it.

Hello Geoff I am a new subscriber I am in Lock down in Derbyshire the first vid I watched was your steak and mushroom pie from a few years ago very nice , then the individual minced beef pie , I'm onto sausage rolls for christmas next love the channel keep up the good work . Tony.

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4 жыл бұрын

HI Tony. I lived in Chesterfield until 2014 when i moved to be nearer to family. I am glad you are enjoying some of the videos. I hope to do some more savoury bakes soon, if we can beat this awful virus. Stay safe.

I made this today adding whiskey, nice taste and a few less calories with no butter, made the mistake baking it on 180 in fan oven instead of 160, so the outside is over baked and a bit hard, a good recipe thanks Jeff

Master baker

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3 жыл бұрын

Hi Deepak John Cletus Menezes. Thanks very much.

Always add a nip of whiskey, cheers!🤣

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9 ай бұрын

Hi Stephen. I think a lot of people enjoy a nip of whiskey in it. I don't like whiskey so never have it in the house, LOL.

Great content , absolutely love a tea loaf, would love to try this !

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4 жыл бұрын

Hi Gamourgirlholly. Thanks very much. I hope you get to try ti soon.

I absolutely love your recipe: I adore barmbrack toasted the next day for brekkie with fresh butter and a cup of builders' strength tea! Yours has the perfect crumb. I have my loaf in the oven s we speak - due to come out in 6 minutes. I use this for my mixed fruits, by the way: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07KQHRQ1D/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Hello Geoff, if I put some malt into your recipe would it make any difference as my wife an I adore malt loaf. Keep up the good work Geoff.

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2 жыл бұрын

Hi Hugh. Yes you could remove some of the tea after draining the fruit and then use the same amount of malt instead. That should work fine. Or you could try my Sticky Malt Loaf kzread.info/dash/bejne/aadmt82kf82ckqw.html&ab_channel=GeoffCooper

Have managed to get some dried fruit so gonna have a go at making this, thank you for the recipe 😊

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4 жыл бұрын

Hi Debs, that's great. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

Looks lovely , I wonder do you have a recipe for raspberry buns , I bought some the other day and they had coconut too in them , could you. Do a recipe please that would be great when you have time thankyou Geoff keep safe take care

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4 жыл бұрын

Hi Susan. Thanks very much. Raspberry buns with coconut sounds very good. I will have to see what I can come up with, when i can get some raspberries.

i would like it with just raisins

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4 жыл бұрын

I think that would be nice.

Hello Geoff, Hope all is well at your end! I am reading a book and the author has mentioned Brambrack cake so, I thought you might have a recipe for it. It sounds very interesting and I am going to give a go next week. I do have a question if you don't mind though, what are the dimensions of a 2 pound tin? Thank you in advance and thank you for all the interesting recipes you post! Cheers Eli

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3 жыл бұрын

HI Elissar Linder. You ask a very interesting question. I have 4 2lb loaf tins and each has different dimensions. It seems that manufacturers can't settle on a definitive answer. However the tin that I used for Barm Brack was 9.5 inches by 5.25 inches and 4 inches deep. That would be about 24cm by 13.5 cm and about 10 cm deep. But any pan of similar dimensions would work for this particular recipe. I hope you enjoy the Barm Brack.

@elissarlinder8751

3 жыл бұрын

@@geoffsbakingblog Thank you for your prompt reply, as always 🙂 Will check what I have close to the dimensions you've mentioned and give it a go. Cheers Eli

I use dried cherries, blue berries and sometimes dried apricots...my kids despise raisins

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11 ай бұрын

Hi Barbara. I am sure those fruits work well too. Personally I don't like dried cranberries very much.

Hi Geoff can you give me any tips on how to make a fruit farmhouse cake without it always crumbling, even after leaving it a couple of days it still falls to bits when slicing, always tastes good tho, thanks Josie

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2 жыл бұрын

Hi Josie G. It is difficult to give advice without knowing the recipe. But I should say that Farmhouse cake of Manor cake as it is sometime know is supposed to be quite crumbly. However it should be able to be sliced reasonable well. Baking at the right temperature is important, as if the temperature is too high the cake will become drier that it should already be. Home ovens are notorious for being variable as far as temperatures are concerned so I always have an oven thermometer in my oven so that I can check that the temperature is correct. The amount of liquid in the cake is also important. So, for instance, some people like to reduce the amount of sugar in a cake but sugar is a liquid so reducing it takes moisture out of the cake and it should be replaced with a little other liquid. I made a Farmhouse sultana cake in 2014, which is on my blog, but I don't have a video for that. From memory it sliced well even though it was crumbly: geoffsbakingblog.com/2014/10/farmhouse-sultana-cake/ .

@SuperNightbird1

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Geoff for your reply, a few things I could try out and I will use your recipe a try, thanks for all your lovely videos

Hi Geoff.... This is soooooooo good and really easy for anyone to follow.. People are baking who have. never baked before.. So I think it's a really good one to do for beginners I would think it's fool proof so Weldone for giving us this. I'm going to soak my friut tonight do you think whisky would make a difference or is it best to drink with it 😂😂😂♥️🙏❤️

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4 жыл бұрын

Hi Henrietta. Yes this is an easy recipe, so those who don't usually bake should not have a problem. I think adding whiskey in the the soaking liquid will give a different flavour. If you like that flavour then go ahead and use some. I personally don't like that flavour so I didn't use whiskey.

Hi Geoff. I've got what I need to make this tomorrow but today I was going to soak the fruit. I have tea on hand ready for the soak but after watching this again and seeing the color of the batter it made me think of perhaps soaking the fruit in coffee. Would this be an acceptable substitute if one were of such a persuasion?

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4 жыл бұрын

Hi Victor. You could try it, but I couldn't comment on how that might taste as I don't drink, or like, coffee. I do wonder whether coffee might impart too strong a flavour into the fruit, and then the cake as the excess liquid is added. But if a person likes that flavour it may be ok.

I always enjoy your video! May I ask what is the difference between a barmbrack and a bara brith?

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4 жыл бұрын

Hi Dahurica. I am glad you enjoy the videos. There isn't much difference between Barm Brack and Bara Brith really. The first is Irish and the second is Welsh, two variants on the same theme really. In mine there is slightly more spice in one than the other. There is an English version too, called Tea Bread or Tea Loaf. All of them taste very good indeed.

i always got the ring in mine geff

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3 жыл бұрын

HI Caroline. That's lucky.

@carolinebyrne108

3 жыл бұрын

@@geoffsbakingblog it ment i was to get married but the lepercahans must have put a spell on me becaouse i am not married yet sneeky little twats hehehe

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3 жыл бұрын

@@carolinebyrne108 Lol.

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3 жыл бұрын

@@geoffsbakingblog geoff your family are just so very lovely tell me have you ever visedted ireland its the land of cead miltth faltha translated from the irish a houndered thousand welcomes

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3 жыл бұрын

@@carolinebyrne108 HI Caroline. Yes I have visited Ireland. I have a niece who lives there, with her husband and children. I have visited a few times.

Hope tou get those floorboards fixed lol. I barely heard them in the video dont worry im just nitpicky 🤣 Stay safe ♡♡♡♡

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4 жыл бұрын

HI Solo Man. I won't be getting them fixed any time soon, even if I wanted to. No-one is working at the moment. I hope you keep yourself safe too.

Bril cake .

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3 жыл бұрын

HI Angela. Thanks very much.

It's Bara Brith

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5 ай бұрын

Bara Brith is a Welsh Tea Loaf. I also have a recipe for that. There are many variations of tea loaf. Barm Brack(Barmbrack) often has Irish Whiskey in it though I mention that I don't put that in. Bara Brith doesn't.