Porter Cake

11 ingredients
3 steps

Ingredients

  • 3 2/3 c (1 lb) all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp grated or ground nutmeg
  • 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • Pinch of salt
  • 16 tbsp (2 sticks) butter, softened
  • 1 c (8 oz) light brown sugar
  • 1 lb golden or regular raisins or a mixture of both
  • 3 oz chopped candied peel
  • 2 eggs
  • One 12-oz bottle of porter or stout

Directions

  1. 1
    Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C). Line the sides and base of an 8-inch high-sided round cake pan (the sides should be about 2 3/4 inches high) with wax paper.
  2. 2
    Sift the flour, nutmeg, pie spice, baking powder and salt into a bowl. Rub in the butter, then stir in the sugar, raisins and the candied peel.
  3. 3
    Whisk the eggs in another bowl, add the porter or stout, then pour into the dry ingredients and mix well. Pour into the prepared pan and bake for about 2 hours in the preheated oven. If it starts to brown too quickly on top, cover it with foil or wax paper after about 1 hour. The cake is cooked when a skewer inserted into the center comes out clean. Allow it to sit in the pan for about 20 minutes before turning out and cooling on a wire rack.

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