Makes one “Cake” as it’s called in Ireland.
Source: Rosie O’Shea’s, Newburyport, MA
Rosie O’Shea’s uses Adlum’s Brown Flour.
1 cup brown flour
1 cup white flour
16 ounces buttermilk
1 teaspoon table salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
4 tablespoons butter
Mix the brown flour, white flour, buttermilk, salt, baking soda and butter. Knead lightly- form into a round cake. Cut cross with a knife. Bake on floured, greased baking sheet at 350 degrees F for 50 minutes or when you knock on the top of the cake and it makes a hollow sound.