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Recipe by Darina Allen
This is one of the many Irish variations on fruitcake, moistened not with the usual whiskey, rum or brandy but with rich brown stout.
Serves 6-8
Ingredients
1 cup/220 g butter, plus more for greasing1 1/2 cups/300 g brown sugar
8 oz/120 ml Guinness stout
Grated zest of 1 orange
1 cup/150 g sultanas (golden raisins)
1 cup/150 g raisins
1/2 cup/40 g candied lemon or orange peel, or a combination of the two
4 cups/400 g white flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
1/2 cup/40 g candied cherries
3 eggs, lightly beaten
Method:
Preheat the oven to 350ºF/175ºC (Gas Mark 4). Lightly grease a deep 9-in/23-cm cake pan with butter.
Combine the butter and sugar together in a small saucepan and melt the butter over low heat, stirring to dissolve the sugar, then stir in the stout. Add the orange zest, sultanas, raisins, and candied lemon and/or orange peel. Raise the heat to high, bring to a boil, and boil, stirring frequently, for 3 to 4 minutes. Remove from the heat and set aside to cool.
Sift the flour, baking soda, and pumpkin pie spice together into a large bowl. When the Guinness mixture has cooled to lukewarm, stir it into the flour mixture. Stir in the cherries, then slowly add the eggs, mixing well. Spoon the batter into the pan, and bake for 1 1/2 hours or until done.
Delicious on it's own or with some butter
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