Irish Porter Cake
A dark, moist cake sweetened with brown sugar and stout porter beer, studded with dried fruit. Perfect with tea or coffee.
- Total time
- 75 min
- Servings
- 12
- Calories
- 285
- Protein
- 3g
Ingredients
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Step 1
Heat oven to 350°F. Butter and flour a 9-inch round cake pan.
Step 2
Pour porter into a small pot. Bring to a simmer over medium heat, then remove from heat.
Step 3
Stir dried fruit into the hot porter. Let sit 10 minutes to plump.
Step 4
In a large bowl, beat butter and brown sugar until pale and fluffy, ~3 minutes.
Step 5
Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Step 6
Whisk flour and baking powder together, then fold into the butter mixture.
Step 7
Fold the porter-soaked fruit (and any liquid) into the batter until combined.
Step 8
Pour into prepared pan. Bake 50–60 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.
Step 9
Cool in pan 15 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
Tools you’ll need
- 9-inch round cake pan
- small pot
- large mixing bowl
- electric mixer or whisk
- wire whisk
- spatula
- toothpick
- wire cooling rack
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