baking Cake International Foods Irish recipe Sa Chistin: In the Kitchen

GUINNESS CAKE

 

GUINNESS CAKE

  • ½ lb. butter
  • ½ lb. brown sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 10 oz. flour
  • ½ lb. seedless raisins
  • 2 tsp. allspice
  • 4 oz. mixed peel
  • 4 oz. walnuts (chopped)
  • 4 oz. cherries (chopped)
  • 1 pint Guinness
  1. Cream the butter and the sugar together until light and creamy.
  2. Gradually beat in the eggs.
  3. Fold in the flour and allspice.
  4. Add the raisins, mixed peel, cherries and walnuts.
  5. Mix well together.
  6. Stir 4 tablespoons Guinness into the mixture and mix well.
  7. Turn into a prepared 7 inch round cake tin and bake at 325° for 1 hour.

  8. Then reduce heat to 300° and cook for another 1 ½ hours.

  9. Allow to cool.
  10. Remove from tin.
  11. Prick the base of the cake with a skewer and spoon over the remainder of the Guinness.

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