The result is aromatic and moist, but still structured. I also added a nice spice composition of cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice and cloves. Here's one made with puréed pumpkin in addition to the tea soaked raisins, grated fresh ginger and stem ginger. The first loaf was inspired by the one I got to love in Whitby but then I got a bit more experimental. Years later, back in my own kitchen, I started to bake my own bracks. It's so juicy and it tastes divine with butter spread on top (the fat had to come in at one point!). Botham's Stem Ginger Brack was my favourite, an Irish fruit cake made without any fat but with lots of raisins, sultanas, stem ginger and orange zest. I tried so many different kinds of loaves of this famous English tea time cake, that I lost track at one point. I love the simplicity of this sweet and cakey bread paired with the richness of dried fruits soaked in tea mixed with ginger, spices, citrus zest or nuts. That's one of the many reasons why it's so important to keep up this tradition and support those small local businesses!Īt Botham's, I discovered thin Shah tea biscuits, eccles cakes, English muffins, Sally Lunn loaves, millionaire's shortbread, flapjacks, Maids of Honour and fruit breads. The bread, cookies and cakes, the local delicacies, the whole presentation but also the service tells you many secrets and gives you an insight into a new world. Through the eyes of a bakery you learn so much about a place and its people. It's a dreamy village, cut off the world - I have a weak spot for these places! I felt great from day one and when I discovered the famous local bakery (it must have been the day after my arrival) with its beautiful name, Botham's written in big letters over the shop on Skinner street I found my second home! You can send me to any village or town in the world and I will find the best bakery or confectionery within 10 minutes, I find my way intuitively and it has never let me down. When we moved to England a few years ago to live in Whitby in North Yorkshire, it didn't take me too long to fall in love with the locals, the food, the little harbour and its long pier right next to the endless beach.
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