
Traditional soda Loaf

Great moist soda bread, good at any time of the day
Ingredients
- 560g Plain White Flour
- 2tspn bread soda
- 2tspn baking powder
- 1tspn salt
- 75g wheatgerm
- 50g dark brown sugar
- 75g Bran
- 340g wholemeal (half course/half fine)
- 50g mixed seeds
- 1 L buttermilk
- 3tspn sunflower oil
Directions
- Sieve flour with the salt, baking soda & baking powder into a suitable large bowl
- Blend the sugar with the buttermilk
- Mix the rest of the dry ingredients together
- Make a well in the centre of the mix, blend in the buttermilk and sugar and mix with a wooden spoon, bringing the ingredients together to make a soft, slightly wet, dough – it should drop from a spoon
- If needed,add a little more milk to achieve the right consistency
- Place in two x 2lb loaf tin that have been lined with parchment
- Bake in pre-heated oven 150 C fan/ gas 3 for 1-3/4 hours. it should sound hollow whten the base is tapped, leave to cool on wire rack.