Irish brack

1 pound mixed dried fruit (raisins, golden raisins and currants)
1 cup cold tea
1 tbsp black treacle (molasses)
1 cup brown sugar
2 cups self-raising flour
1 beaten egg

Overnight steep fruit, tea, molasses and sugar. Next day add flour and beaten egg. Place in well oiled loaf tin (2-pound size). Bake for 1 to 1-1/2 hours at 350 degrees.

A golden ring is usually put into the dough and the lucky recipient is said to be married within the year.

Caroline Cracroft
British Consulate, Chicago

Source: Irish Children's Fund Family and Friends, "The Wee Cookbook" (5th printing, 1987)