Recipes Cake Recipes Fruit Cakes Chocolate ale fruit cake Back to Fruit Cakes Chocolate ale fruit cake Total Time 1h 35m Prep Time 20m Bake Time 1h 15m Makes 1 Skill Level Easy 0 Reviews No ratings yet Save Save this recipe Share Chocolate ale fruit cake as featured on Baking Mad with Eric Lanlard on Channel 4. Method Put the dried fruit into a large pan and cover with the bottled ale. Gently heat the fruit until the ale is hot, but not boiling. Remove from the heat, cover and preferably leave overnight. When you are ready to cook the loaf, preheat the oven to 140°C ( 120°C fan, 275°F, gas mark 1) and grease a 25 x 11cm (10 x 4.5 inch) loaf tin with butter. Add the sugar, flours, mixed spice and eggs to the fruit mixture. Stir well until all the ingredients are combined. Pour the mixture into the prepared loaf tin. Bake in the preheated oven for an hour and a quarter until risen, pale brown and firm to the touch. Take the loaf out of the tin and leave on a wire rack to cool, still in its tin. Remove from the tin and wrap the loaf tightly in cling film. Keep in a cool dry place. This loaf is delicious toasted and buttered with raspberry jam or served with a piece of strong mature cheese. Let's Bake The easiest way to follow a recipe Reviews Unfortunately there are no reviews for this recipe yet! Leave Your Thoughts Unfortunately reviews are not permitted to non-registered users. Please Log in to leave your review or ask us a question. Ingredients Metric 390g Dried mixed fruits 250ml Chocolate ale 100g Unrefined dark muscovado sugar 3 tsp Mixed spice 2 Egg(s) (free range) (beaten) 85g Self-raising white flour 100g Self-raising wholemeal flour 0 Butter (unsalted) (for greasing) Recipe Alternatives Mini Christmas Cakes Mini Christmas Cakes Total 1h 20m Serves 4 Skill Easy Diet Rating No ratings yet Christmas Cake With a Twist Christmas Cake With a Twist Total 2h 30m Serves 20 Skill Intermediate Diet Rating No ratings yet Last Minute Christmas Cake Last Minute Christmas Cake Total 2h 50m Serves 0 Skill Easy Diet Rating No ratings yet
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