I love that stuff. Now that I live alone I don't bake it anymore because I would eat a whole loaf in one sitting. It's addictive. I see it in markets and bakeries at this time of year and am glad it isn't on the shelves to tempt me year round. One odd thing is that some markets bake it and then put sugar crystals on the top. Like people need more sugar! I wish, though, that some place would bake it in muffin tins and sell individual muffins. I would love to but and eat just one. Luckily this year I am going to a "girl cousins reunion," and one of us is bringing Irish soda bread so I will eat only my share. (I'm bringing Celtic Crossing liqueur. Another cousin is bringing another hazard at this time of year: zeppoles for St. Joseph's Day.)