Irish Soda bread

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preheat oven to 350
greased 9" cake pan (round)

4 cups sifted flour
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 1/2 cups of buttermilk
2 eggs
4oz. (1 stick) of softened butter
1/2 pound of raisins
1 tsp or more of caraway seeds
some flour on the side for dusting and molding


mix dry ingredients in a small bowl
toss with hands
add softened butter to mixture and knead into dry stuff still using your hands. It will resemble a course meal.
Add raisins and caraway seeds still using hands

beat eggs in separate bowl
and add the buttermilk

add a little at a time to dry ingredients using a spoon

The dough should be heavy but not to wet
add a little more buttermilk if its to dry

dust hands with flour and form the dough into a round.
press into the cake tin but not to tight on the edges

dust the top with flour and cut a deep cross in the dough using a knife or fork...

bake for 1 hour
hope you like it!!

perfect with butter



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1. Do you have any Irish in you?

and no I won't complete that tired joke, ya pev! Besides, I'm not even Irish.

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2. YES!!!!

I do!!!!!

not a lot

but enough!!!!!!

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how about you!!!?????