Name: Guinness fruit cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 100 min
Total time: 120 min
Yield: 16
Ingredients: 500 gram mixed dried fruit; 100 gram mixed glace cherries, quartered; 125 gram glace orange slices, finely chopped, plus extra slices, to decorate; 185 gram butter, chopped; 3/4 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar; 1 1/2 cup guinness or dark beer; 3 eggs, lightly beaten; 1 1/4 cup plain flour; 2/3 cup self-raising flour; 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg; 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger; 2 tablespoon apricot jam, warmed icing sugar, to dust

Guinness fruit cake

Create a fruit cake with a richer flavour thanks to this simple recipe. It doesn't matter if you're not usually a fan of Guinness, everyone is bound to enjoy this moist, decadent treat!

Serves 16

Prep

20M

Cook

1H 40M

Total

Ingredients

500 gram mixed dried fruit

100 gram mixed glace cherries, quartered

125 gram glace orange slices, finely chopped, plus extra slices, to decorate

185 gram butter, chopped

3/4 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar

1 1/2 cup guinness or dark beer

3 eggs, lightly beaten

1 1/4 cup plain flour

2/3 cup self-raising flour

1 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1/2 teaspoon ground ginger

2 tablespoon apricot jam, warmed icing sugar, to dust

Method

1.Preheat oven to 150°C/180°C fan forced. Grease and line base and sides of a deep 24cm (base measurement) round cake pan with 3 layers of baking paper, extending paper 5cm above rim.

2.Combine fruit, butter. sugar and Guinness in a saucepan. Cook and stir for 4-5 minutes or until sugar dissolves. Bring to the boil. Remove from heat. Transfer to a large heatproof bowl; cool for 20 minutes.

3.Stir egg, sifted flours and spices into fruit mixture. Spoon mixture into prepared pan: smooth surface. Bake for 1 1/2 hours or until a skewer inserted at centre comes out clean. Cover pan tightly with foil. Cool overnight.

4.Serve cake topped with extra orange slices. Brush with jam, then dust with icing sugar.