Spondon Ale Cake

Name: Spondon Ale Cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 120 min
Total time: 135 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: International
Ingredients: 8 oz butter; 8 oz brown sugar; 4 eggs; 12 oz plain flour; 2 level tsp. mixed spice; 1 lb mixed fruit; 0.25 lb walnuts or almonds; 0.5 pint strong ale or stout

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Prep: 15 mins

Cook: 120 mins

Serves: 8

Ingredients

8 oz butter
8 oz brown sugar
4 eggs
12 oz plain flour
2 level tsp. mixed spice
1 lb mixed fruit
0.25 lb walnuts or almonds
0.5 pint strong ale or stout

Accompaniment

Description

This is a recipe from Janet Arthur's book "Derbyshire Cookery" As it uses ale you can choose your favourite beer, stout or cider for flavour.

Method

1
Steep the fruit in the ale overnight.
Beat the butter and sugar together and mix in the beaten egg.
Sieve the dry ingredients into the mix and stir well.
Strain off the ale, add the fruit and stir well.
Pour the mix into a greased loose bottom tin, and bake for 1 hour at 350F and 1 hour at 325F.
Allow to cool, turn upside down, prick the bottom of the cake and pour in more ale and allow to soak in before serving.