Dublin Bakery · Leftover-Bread Cake
Gur Cake
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The name is usually linked to Dublin slang 'on the gur', meaning skipping school — it was the cheap treat truanting children could afford.
Old bread is soaked, mixed with spices, dried fruit and sugar, then pressed between two thin layers of pastry and baked into a dense, dark slab before being cut into squares. Dublin bakeries have long sold it cheaply from the counter as an everyday sweet treat.
Why it's made this way: It was a frugal bakery invention for using up bread that would otherwise be wasted, turning a byproduct into an affordable staple for Dublin's inner-city communities.
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