Porter Cake

Name: Porter Cake
Ingredients: 4 1/2 c. white flour; 2 1/2 c. brown sugar; 4 1/2 c. raisins; 1 level tsp. bicarbonate of soda, melted in warm Guinness; 4 eggs; 1 c. butter; 1 c. glace cherries; 1 c. chopped almonds; 1 c. chopped mixed peel; 1/2 pt. Guinness, warmed; juice and grated rind of 1 lemon; pinch of mixed spice

12 ingredients

8 steps

Ingredients

4 1/2 c. white flour
2 1/2 c. brown sugar
4 1/2 c. raisins
1 level tsp. bicarbonate of soda, melted in warm Guinness
4 eggs
1 c. butter
1 c. glace cherries
1 c. chopped almonds
1 c. chopped mixed peel
1/2 pt. Guinness, warmed
juice and grated rind of 1 lemon
pinch of mixed spice

Directions

1

Rub butter into flour and add all other dry ingredients.
2

Blend very well.
3

Beat eggs with lukewarm Guinness and add bicarbonate of soda.
4

Mix this very well into dry cake mixture and turn into greased, lined cake tin, 9-inch diameter and 3-inches high.
5

Should be covered with grease-proof paper and baked at 200° to 250° for 3 to 3 1/2 hours, removing the paper for the last half-hour.
6

Test with skewer.
7

Makes a good Christmas cake.
8

If iced will keep well in a tin.