Mr. Guinness’s Cake

Name: Mr. Guinness’s Cake
Yield: Makes one 8-inch single-layer cake; serves about 10
Cuisine: Ireland
Ingredients: 1 cup dark raisins; Halved candied cherries, for decoration (optional); Confectioners’ sugar, for sprinkling; ½ cup chopped candied orange peel, or grated zest of 2 oranges; ½ cup chopped candied lemon peel, or grated zest of 2 lemons; 1 cup golden raisins; ½ cup chopped candied or dried pineapple or candied red cherries; ¾ teaspoon baking soda; ½ teaspoon ground ginger; ½ teaspoon ground allspice; ¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon; ¼ teaspoon fresh-grated nutmeg; ¾ cup (1½ sticks) unsalted butter, softened; 1 cup packed light brown sugar; 1 bottle Guinness Stout, at room temperature; 4 large eggs; 1½ cups all-purpose flour

Preparation info

Makes one 8 inch single-layer cake; serves about
10

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Classic Home Desserts

By Richard Sax

Published 1994

About

This is a moist, light-textured, pale to medium gold cake, heady with spices and dried fruit, with a yeasty aroma. Guinness, the Irish family that founded the brewing company, has produced stout since 1759. This traditional Irish fruitcake recipe has been in the Guinness family for over 100 years.

Ingredients

1½ cups all-purpose flour
¾ teaspoon baking soda
¾ teaspoon

Europe
Ireland
Cake
Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Butter and lightly flour an 8-inch springform pan. Sift 1¼