Two Classic Irish Desserts for St. Patrick's Day

Irish Apple Cake

From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...Myrtle Allen, the legendary Irish cook from Ballymaloe House in County Cork, has said that homemade apple cakes are the most popular dessert in Ireland. Legend has it that St. Patrick planted apple trees 3000 years ago. While it is a lovely tale, it's far more likely that the Druids, who used the trees in their rituals, were the ones who first tended apple orchards in Ireland. The Irish took their apple trees seriously and there were...

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