Irish soda bread / vegan mofo 2009

It's always nice to have a little home-baked something to go along with soup. It makes the meal seem homier and more comforting. When I saw this quick bread on the Holy Cow blog, it looked like just the thing to whip up for our meal. I've always enjoyed the dense texture of Irish soda bread, and although the original recipe appeared to be lighter than the normal soda bread, I made a couple of changes that probably affected the texture. Vaishali used half whole wheat flour and I used all white whole wheat flour. She added cream of tarter, and I used her suggested substitute because I didn't have any. And I added raisins, just because I felt like it. You might want to try her original version - it looks really good!