IRISH CAKE RECIPE RECIPES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F
• Generously grease an 8-inch square cake pan.
• In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
• Add the egg, apples, nuts, and vanilla and stir well.
• Sift in the dry ingredients and mix well.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake about 45 minutes, until the cake is lightly browned and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
• Remove from oven and let the cake set in the pan for 5 minutes, then remove from pan.
• Serve warm or at room temperature with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Grease a 9-inch deep-dish pie plate.
• Spoon 1 tablespoon of the buttermilk into a small bowl; place remainder of 1 cup buttermilk into a separate bowl.
• Stir golden raisins into the larger amount of buttermilk and allow raisins to soak while you complete the remaining steps.
• Spoon 1 tablespoon of the melted butter into the small bowl with the tablespoon of buttermilk; stir to combine and set aside. Set remaining melted butter aside.
• Whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl.
• Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients, pour in reserved butter, and stir until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• Mix the egg into the flour mixture until thoroughly combined.
• Mix the soaked raisins with buttermilk into dough and shape dough into a ball.
• Place the ball of dough into prepared pie dish and lightly pat dough down so top is slightly domed.
• Use a sharp knife to cut two crisscrossing lines through the center of the loaf about 1/4 inch deep.
• Thoroughly brush buttermilk and butter mixture over the loaf, getting the mixture into the crevices.
• Bake in the preheated oven until loaf is golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 55 minutes to 1 hour.