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Gur Cake
Dublin pastry squares layered with moist tea-soaked breadcrumb, raisin and spice filling.
About Gur Cake
Gur Cake is a traditional Dublin bakery slice made by enclosing a dark, thrifty breadcrumb filling between thin pastry layers. This profile follows Irish baker Gemma Stafford's version with tea-soaked crumbs, raisins, golden syrup and separate warm spices.
Golden syrup and raisins give the filling a deep fruity sweetness, while cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and cloves add a warm, gently peppery fragrance. The all-butter pastry contributes a rich contrast to the tannic black tea and soft spiced centre.
The cake is baked as a slab and cut into neat squares. Its flaky golden pastry surrounds a dense, moist brown filling dotted with raisins, with a glossy egg-washed top.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Wheat (gluten), Milk, Egg.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Gur Cake
Gemma Stafford's Traditional Irish Gur Cake.
- Fresh breadcrumbsMoist filling base
- Black teaFilling soak and tannic depth
- Self-raising flourFilling structure
- RaisinsFruity sweetness
- Golden syrupCaramel-like sweetener
- Ground cinnamonWarm spice
- Ground nutmegEarthy spice
- Ground gingerWarm spice
- Ground clovesSweet pungent spice
- Wheat flourPastry structure
- Powdered sugarPastry sweetness
- SaltPastry seasoning
- ButterFlaky pastry fat and pan greasing
- Egg yolksPastry binder and glaze
- Cold waterPastry hydration
- MilkEgg-wash liquid
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Fresh breadcrumbs: . The source permits any fresh bread; Wheat remains confirmed for the selected conventional breadcrumb route, while the bread's full formula is unresolved
- Black tea:
- Self-raising flour: . The complete raising-agent formula is not supplied; Wheat remains confirmed
- Raisins:
- Golden syrup:
- Ground cinnamon:
- Ground nutmeg: . The broader nutmeg route retains the source's ground form
- Ground ginger:
- Ground cloves: . The broader clove route retains the source's ground form
- Wheat flour:
- Powdered sugar:
- Salt:
- Butter:
- Egg yolks:
- Cold water:
- Milk:
Origins & food traditions
Irish baker Gemma Stafford supplies the complete selected Gur Cake recipe and its linked homemade double-crust pastry, fixing every ingredient used here. Her account identifies the Dublin bakery-leftover tradition and the names Chester Cake and Donkey's Gudge used elsewhere. The fruit-slice reference independently corroborates Gur Cake as a Dublin pastry with a thick bread-or-cake-crumb and dried-fruit filling between thin pastry layers.
Countries
- Ireland
- IrelandCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Irish Cuisine
- Dublin Cuisine
- Irish CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.