Although the original recipe is called an apple cake, it’s really a plain soda bread topped with sliced apples and is not what is generally considered a cake. This version is based on an Irish treacle ...

There are few greater comforts than sheltering in front of the warm glow of an oven, wrapped up in the smells of baking while icy winter rain pours down outside. That is, of course, as long as you ...

Molasses is more commonly known as treacle or if you are in the US it is often called blackstrap molasses. It is a by-product of when sugar cane is crushed and then boiled to make sugar; molasses is ...

This brown soda bread with stout and treacle just needs butter. Author of The Irish Cookbook, Jp McMahon explains how "bicarbonate of soda helped to feed bread to a generation of soldiers at war in ...

We have a long tradition of growing oats in Ireland. All the way back to before the medieval period, oats were used both for human consumption and also the major fuel for horses during that time.

1 Up and at it – what is your morning routine? On a work day, I get up at around 7am. I’m wakened up by an alarm clock that my mother bought me when I started nursing, way back in October 1981. I’m ...

Can you beat a slice of soda bread with butter? Author of The Irish Cookbook, JP McMahon explains how "bicarbonate of soda helped to feed bread to a generation of soldiers at war in Europe and afar.

Try smoked salmon or mackerel in its place for an equally delicious result. Using your hands, gently flake the trout fillets into a bowl and fold in the crème fraîche and horseradish. Add the lemon ...