Guinness Porter Cake

Ingredients:

1lb. Cream Flour
8oz Sultanas
1/2 teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda or Bread Soda.
8oz of sugar
8 oz Irish Butter
3 Eggs
4 oz Mixed Peel
1 lbs mixed dried fruit
1/2 tsp Mixed Spice
1/2 tsp Cinnamon
2oz Almonds
1/2 Pint of Guinness

Method:

1. Sieve Flour, Bread Soda & spices in to a bowl.
2. Beat butter and sugar together for 5 to 10 minutes to a cream.
3. Add eggs one at a time and continue to beat.
4. Finely Chop almonds
5. Fold in Flour Mixture, Sultanas, Mixed peel, Almonds and Mixed Fruit.
6. Add Guinness. Mix well.
7. Turn in to a greased and lined 8 inch tin
8. Bake in the center of oven ( 300°F) for 120 minutes.
9. Check cake at intervals after 90 minutes.
10. Let cake cool a little in tin then stand on a wire tray. Cover with tea towel.

Source: IrishCentral

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