Sweet Irish Soda Bread

Tricia · savingdessert.com · 2011 · 2 loaves

Against 123 Irish soda bread recipes

More sugar than 97% of recipes and more butter than 87%.

How it compares

Against the typical loaf: the median of 123 Irish soda bread recipes, per 100 g of flour.

More sugar than 97% of recipes: 24% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1%, about 24 times as much.
More butter than 87% of recipes: 18% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 5.6%, about 3 times as much.
Less baking soda than 85% of recipes: 1% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.2%.
More buttermilk than 78% of recipes: 98% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 84%.

Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

5 cups all-purpose unbleached flour (sifted )≈ 625 g
¾ cup sugar≈ 150 g
2 teaspoons baking powder≈ 9 g
1 ½ teaspoons salt≈ 9 g
1 teaspoon baking soda≈ 6 g
¼ pound stick butter113 g
2 ½ cups mixed light and dark raisins (soaked in water for 15 - 20 minutes, drain well)≈ 375 g
3 tablespoons caraway seeds≈ 44 g
2 ½ cups buttermilk (I used whole fat buttermilk)≈ 610 g
1 large egg (slightly beaten)≈ 50 g

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

flour 625 gbatter 1992 g

≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.

Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 123 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

Nearest by baker's percentages: buttermilk, baking soda, butter, sugar, egg, salt.