OK Sergeant pluck (and anyone else), soda bread recipe I use.
500g flour (I use stoneground wholemeal, but have had good results with wholemeal and white mixed)
1 tsp bicarb of soda
1 tsp salt
420ml buttermilk (in place of buttermilk I put three tbsps of lemon juice in the jug and fill up to the 420ml mark. Leave five minutes for it to curdle, then use)
1. Mix flour, bicarb and salt
2. Add buttermilk (or substitute), mix with wooden spoon to form a sticky dough
3. Flour a work surface, tip the dough out and roll it around to form it into a ball (not kneading it)
4. Flatten top slightly
5. Put on non stick baking tray and cut a cross into the flattened ball, cutting deep and opening the cross out a bit (this is so the inside bakes properly)
6. Leave for 30 minutes
7. Heat oven to 200C and cook for 30 minutes
8. Leave to cool completely
As an extra speciality, add 1 generous tbsp of black treacle to the dough at number 2, and mix well, you will need to add a small amount of extra flour. This is superb with stout and cheese.
I've also made variations with added honey and walnuts.
I would say it's a piece of cake to make but it's even easier than that!!