Recipes
Apart from dancing, drinking, playing games, taking photos, growing our own veg and doing other things to fill in our spare time, we also like eating and cooking. Here are some of our favourite recipes.
Irish Brack (fruit cake)
Recipe from Jeanette
- 500g (1lb) mixed fruit
- 200g (7oz) soft brown sugar
- 300ml (½pint) cold tea
- 1 egg beaten
- 275g (9oz) self raising flour
- Put the fruit, sugar and tea in a bowl and leave for three hours or until the tea is absorbed.
- Beat in the egg and flour.
- Pour into a loaf tin and bake in a preheated moderate oven 180C (350F), gas mark 4, for 1½ to 2 hours.
- Leave in the tin for 5 minutes, and then cool on a wire rack.
Makes one 1kg (2lb) loaf. Serve sliced with butter.
Irish cream cheese cake
Recipe from Jeanette
- 200g crushed digestive biscuits
- 200ml whipped cream
- 100g melted butter
- 300g cream cheese
- 50g icing sugar
- 50g grated dark chocolate
- dash of Irish cream liqueur
- Prepare a 7-8" tin with the crushed digestive biscuits mixed with the melted butter.
- Whip the cream cheese with the icing sugar and a the Irish cream liqueur.
- Fold in the whipped cream and grated chocolate.
- Spoon over the base and chill for 2 hours.