Mr. Guinness' Cake

Mr. Guinness' Cake is an Irish fruitcake recipe with candied fruit, raisins, and nuts. Douse the finished cake with Guinness, and age for a week before serving.

Mr. Guinness' Cake

Yield

16 servings

Type

Dessert

Time

2 hours, 30 minutes

Level

Experienced

1

Use a hand or stand mixer to cream the butter and sugar. Add the eggs one at a time.

Make the Cake Batter

2

Sift the flour and dry ingredients together. Add to the butter and sugar mixture.

Add the Dry Ingredients

3

Fold the fruit and nuts into the batter.

Add Fruit and Nuts

4

Add Guinness to the batter.

Add Guinness

5

Pour the batter into the prepared pan.

Add Batter to Pan

6

See blog post for baking instructions.

Bake

7

Add Guinness to the cooled cake.

Add Guinness

8

Wrap the cake well and store for one week before serving.

Store