Chocolate ale fruit cake - recipe
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Prepare
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Serves
1 -
Cook
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Skill
Easy
Ingredients
- 390 g Dried mixed fruits
- 250 ml Chocolate ale
- 100 g Unrefined dark muscovado sugar
- 3 tsp Mixed spice
- 2 Egg(s) (free range) beaten
- 85 g Self-raising white flour
- 100 g Self-raising wholemeal flour
- Butter (unsalted) for greasing
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1
Put the dried fruit into a large pan and cover with the bottled ale.
For this step you'll need:
- 390g Dried mixed fruits
- 250ml Chocolate ale
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2
Gently heat the fruit until the ale is hot, but not boiling. Remove from the heat, cover and preferably leave overnight.
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3
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.
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Add the sugar, flours, mixed spice and eggs to the fruit mixture. Stir well until all the ingredients are combined.
For this step you'll need:
- 100g Unrefined dark muscovado sugar
- 85g Self-raising white flour
- 100g Self-raising wholemeal flour
- 3tsp Mixed spice
- 2 Egg(s) (free range) beaten
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5
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.
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6
Take the loaf out of the tin and leave on a wire rack to cool, still in its tin.
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7
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.