Guinness Cake

By Moira Hodgson

Total Time
2 hours
Rating
4(18)
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Ingredients

Yield:1 eight-inch round cake
  • ¼pound unsalted butter
  • 1cup dark brown sugar
  • 3eggs, lightly beaten
  • 2¼cups flour
  • 1teaspoon baking powder
  • 1teaspoon allspice
  • ½teaspoon salt
  • 1cup raisins, soaked overnight in 1 cup Guinness
  • ½cup candied peel
  • 4ounces chopped walnuts
  • 1cup Guinness
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Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Cream butter and sugar in the mixing bowl until light and fluffy.

  2. Step 2

    Beat in eggs. Sift flour and baking powder and gradually fold with allspice into the butter-sugar mixture. Add salt, raisins, peel and walnuts. Mix thoroughly.

  3. Step 3

    Grease an eight-inch round cake tin and bake for one hour at 325 degrees. Turn down heat to 300 and bake another hour.

  4. Step 4

    Test cake with skewer. It should come out slightly sticky but almost clean. Remove cake from oven and let it cool. Remove from cake pan and turn upside down. Using skewer, insert holes around bottom of the cake and pour in remaining cup of Guinness.

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