Porter Cake
A rich, traditional Irish cake made with porter or stout beer, packed with dried fruits and warm spices. This dense, moist cake features golden raisins, candied peel, and aromatic spices like nutmeg and pumpkin pie spice.
Ingredients
- •3½ cups all-purpose flour
- •1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- •1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- •1 teaspoon baking powder
- •1 pinch salt
- •1 cup butter
- •1 cup light brown sugar
- •1 pound golden raisins
- •3 ounces candied peel
- •2 whole eggs
- •12 ounces porter
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C/Gas mark 4). Line the sides and bottom of an 8-inch (20 cm) high-sided round cake pan (the sides should be about 2 3/4 inches/7 cm high) with waxed (greaseproof) paper.
5 min
- 2.
Sift the flour, nutmeg, spice, baking powder, and salt into a bowl. Rub in the butter, then stir in the brown sugar, raisins, and candied peel.
10 min
- 3.
Whisk the eggs in another bowl and add the porter. Pour into the dry ingredients and mix well. Pour into the prepared pan.
5 min
- 4.
Bake for about 2 hours. If the cake starts to brown too quickly on top, cover it with aluminum foil or waxed (greaseproof) paper after about 1 hour. The cake is done when a skewer inserted into the center comes out clean. Allow the cake to sit in the pan for about 20 minutes before turning it out and cooling it on a wire rack.
140 min