Darina Allen: How to make a Saint Brigid’s Day cake to celebrate the start of spring

"Saint Brigid’s Day, or La Féile Bríde also coincides with the start of the ancient Celtic festival of Imbolc, one of the four major fire festivals of the year..."

Saint Brigid’s Day Cake with Crystallised Primroses and Wood Sorrell

I just picked some enchanting little primroses in the garden; my tummy literally skipped when I saw them peeping out from behind a timber seed tray under a beech tree in the vegetable garden. I’m bringing them into the kitchen to crystallise and decorate my Saint Brigid’s Day cake.

It’s officially the start of spring that we’ve been so longing for after that long, cold, wet stormy winter. At last, after years of campaigning, the Celtic goddess, Saint Brigid, has been elevated to her rightful place and has equal billing alongside Saint Patrick on the Irish calendar.