Newcastle Brown Ale Fruit Cake
An easy to make fruit cake which is packed with fruit and tastes delicious.
Servings: 12 people
Equipment
- Mixing bowl
- Mixer
- Measuring Jug
- Measuring scales
- 9 inch cake tin
- Baking parchment
Ingredients
- 250 g raisins
- 250 g sultanaa
- 125 g glace cherries
- 75g mixed peel
- 250 ml Newcastle brown ale
- 200 g butter
- 200 g light soft brown sugar
- 3 eggs
- 200 g plain flour
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp mixed spice
- 125 g orange marmalade
- 65 g flaked almonds
- 75 g chopped walnuts
Instructions
- Weigh out the raisins, sultanas, mixed peel and cherries and put in a bowl. Pour the brown ale over the top and leave to soak overnight. The fruit will absorb the alcohol and become softer.
- Preheat the oven to 180C, 350F, Gas Mark 4.
- Grease a 9 inch cake tin and line with a double thickness of greaseproof paper that stands above the tin.
- Cream the butter and sugar until soft and fluffy. Add the eggs, flour and spices and beat until well mixed.
- Add the orange marmalade, making sure any large bits of peel are chopped up.
- Stir in the fruit with a wooden spoon so it doesn’t get broken up
- Finally add the almonds and walnuts. Stir these into the mixture.
- Pour into the cake tin and smooth the surface, make a little dip in the middle to keep the surface even when it rises.
- Bake for 30 minutes then reduce the temperature to 160C 325F Gas Mark 3. Cover the top with a double circle of greaseproof paper.
- Bake for another 1½ hours until a skewer or thin bladed knife is clean when passed into the centre.
- Leave to cool in the tin before turning out