GUINNESS CAKE (How To Have Your Cake And Drink It) 8 oz. butter 8 oz. soft brown sugar 4 eggs 10 oz. flour (2 level tsp. mixed spice sieved together) 8 oz. seedless raisins 8 oz. sultanas 4 oz. mixed candied peel 4 oz. walnuts, chopped 8 to 12 Tbsp. Guinness Cream the butter and sugar. Beat in the eggs and fold in the flour and spice. Add the fruit and nuts and mix well. Add 4 tablespoons of Guinness or more as necessary for soft dropping consistency. Put the mixture into a 7-inch prepared round cake tin. Bake for one hour at 170 degreesC, Regulo 3, and for a further 1 1/2 hours at 150 degreesC, Regulo 2. Allow cake to become cold and remove from tin. Prick the base with a skewer and spoon over the remaining 4 to 8 tablespoons of Guinness. Allow to soak in overnight. Wrap in foil and keep for 1 week before cutting. This is a recipe from our database at Cookbooks On/Line! 1,000,000+ free recipes and free software at: http://www.cookbooks.com Accuracy is believed to be good, but is not guaranteed. This recipe posting is intended for personal use only. You can print a copy for yourself and/or your friends, but you cannot publish it or post it to any Internet or other public site without our permission. |