Kelly Sadlek created her grandmother’s soda bread recipe from watching her make it. Like all cultural celebrations, St. Patrick’s Day comes with its own cuisine that defines the experience for many.

Although the original recipe is called an apple cake, it’s really a plain soda bread topped with sliced apples and is not what is generally considered a cake. This version is based on an Irish treacle ...

Heat the oven to 200°C and line a 2lb loaf tin with parchment. Mix the flours, sugar, baking powder, bread soda, salt and porridge oats. Add the treacle, stout and melted butter and stir them into the ...