Hello! I hope y’all’s Halloween was as lovely as mine! As the first of the feasting holidays (in my house), I busied myself making seasonally appropriate meals with in-season foods and baking. One of the bakes I have been slowly perfecting for myself is barmbrack. The recipe I have is rather old and super spare so I went online to find something a little easier to get a good product out of.

What I found was a lot of recipes for yeast-less ‘barmbrack.’ That sounded great and much easier, but then I found this post by the Irish American Mom pointing out what is and is not actually barmbrack. I love her soap-box (delivered in a completely enjoyable way) and the history she provides on this bake, so I wanted to make sure and share in case anyone else is becoming as obsessed with variations on fruitbread/fruitcake as I am.