Granny Meade's Railway Cake / Fruit Soda Bread
Shared by Adrienne · 2 November 2026
The story behind the recipe
My Granny always had fresh brown bread or fruit soda bread (Railway Cake) every day in the house and when we used to visit from Dublin to Co.Tipperary it was always loaded with butter and was the taste of visiting Granny and Grandad. The house always smelled of delicious baked goods as she was an amazing cook as she owned her own restaurant in Carrick-on-Suir.
- Adrienne
Ingredients
3/4 lb of plain flour 1 large teaspoon of baking powder 6 oz sultanas 3 oz margarine 2 oz sugar 2 eggs & milk whisked together
Method
1. Heat the oven to 200º C 2. Mix all the ingredients together. The finished dough is quite moist (add more milk if too dry) 3. Make into a round shape and score the top of the bread dough with a cross 4. Cook for 3/4 hour at 200º C