Spice Bread

Name: Spice Bread
Yield: Serves 8-10
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: ½ teaspoon grated orange rind; 5 tablespoons chopped blanched almonds; ¼ small lemon, finely chopped; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 4 cups (500 g/1 lb) plain (all-purpose) flour; 3 tablespoons rum; 1 teaspoon anisette liqueur; 2½ teaspoons bicarbonate of soda (baking soda); pinch of salt; 1 cup (250 g/8 oz) white granulated sugar; 2½ teaspoons bicarbonate of soda (baking soda); 1¼ cups (310 mL/10 fl oz) boiling water; ¾ cup (280 g/9 oz) honey

Preparation info

Serves
8-10

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Fine Family Cooking

By Tony Bilson

Published 1994

About

Spice bread or pain d’épice is a fragrant, sweet French bread that tastes even more delicious the second day after baking.

Ingredients

1¼ cups (310 mL/10 fl oz) boiling water
¾

Europe
Oceania
France
Australia
Mediterranean
Bread
Vegetarian

Method

Put the boiling water into a large saucepan, add the honey, sugar, bicarbonate of soda and salt, and stir until the sugar is dissolved. Flavour with the rum, anisette and cinnamon. Sift the flour into a mixing bowl and slowly stir the syrup into it to form a smooth batter. Strain the batter through a fine sieve. Add the rest of the ingredients and stir until incorporated into the batter.