Kaye and Geoff's Recipes - Bread


Irish Soda Bread

2.5 cups plain flour		1/2 cup sugar
1.5 tsp baking powder		3/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda		1/2 cup unsalted butter
1 cup raisins			1 tblsp caraway seeds
1 large egg			1.25 cups buttermilk
1/4 cup sour cream

Preheat the oven to 180°C. Butter a 9-inch round cake pan.

Sift together the dry ingredients. Unsing a food processor with the pastry cutter, cut the butter into the flour mixture until it resembles small peas. Blend in the raisins and caraway seeds.

Beat the egg, buttermilk and sour cream together until blended. Stir the egg mixture into the dry mixture until just blended.

Transfer the batter to the pan and bake for about 50-55 minutes, or until a cake tester comes out clean.