Ingredients

The following ingredients have 4 Servings
  • 1 cup plus 2 T (18 T total (142 g) AP flour)
  • 1 t baking powder
  • 1/4 t fine sea salt
  • 8 T 1/2 cup, 1 stick unsalted butter, melted
  • 1 cup packed light brown sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 t vanilla
  • 1/4 cup bourbon (I used Jim Beam original)
  • 1 T orange zest (I used equivalent in orange oil, about 1/8 t)
  • 1/2 cup currants or raisins
  • 1 T unsalted butter (melted)
  • 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
  • 1/2 T bourbon (I used closer to a T)
  • 1/4 t vanilla
  • pinch of sea salt

Instruction

  • Preheat the oven 325 F. Grease and flour either an 8X4 loaf pan or 3 mini loaf pans. Set aside.
  • Whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
  • In a medium-large bowl, whisk together butter and brown sugar until well combined. Add the eggs and whisk together. Beat in the vanilla, bourbon and orange zest (or oil).
  • Switching to a silicone spatula, gently stir in the flour mixture. Fold in the currants or raisins.
  • Scrape the batter into the prepared pan/s. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean, 45-50 mins for one loaf and around 30 minutes for the mini loaves (keep an eye and nose on them).
  • Let the cake cool for 10 minutes and then turn out onto a cooling rack.
  • While the cake is cooling, make the glaze: mix all of the glaze ingredients together in a small bowl. Whisk to completely combine.
  • Place wax paper under the cooling rack. Using a chopstick or the cake tester, poke several holes over the top of the cake/s. Pour the glaze over the cake. Place a clean piece of wax paper under the cooling rack, and remove the one with extra glaze carefully, as you are going to tip and squeeze it out over the cake/s, to drape a second layer of glaze over the cake/s. You can repeat this if you want, but I thought twice was pretty perfect.
  • Let the glaze set completely, at least 20 minutes.
  • If you are shipping the quick bread, wrap the cake/s tightly in plastic wrap and then place in a ziplock bag. If you are keeping your hard work at home to enjoy--perfectly understandable!-then just place on a plate and cover with plastic wrap.