Brown Ale Loaf Cake Recipe

• 110 gm butter or possibly margarine at room temperature
• 110 gm soft brown sugar
• 1 Tbsp. treacle grated zest of 2 oranges
• 2 x Large eggs lightly beaten
• 225 gm plain flour
• 1 x level tsp. mixed spice level tsp. grnd nutmeg
• 350 gm mixed dry fruit
• 25 gm minced mixed peel
• 50 gm walnuts minced
• 1 Tbsp. rum
• 75 ml brown ale

1. Preheat oven to gas mark 2 300 degrees F150C.
2. Youll also need a 900g loaf tin lined and greased.
3. In a large mixing bowl cream the butter and sugar together till its pale light and fluffy then beat in the treacle and orange zest.
4. Next add in the Large eggs a little at a time beating well after each addition and after which mix in the sifted flour and spices followed by the fruit peel and walnuts.
5. Lastly add in the rum and brown ale and continue to fold all this in carefully.
6. Spoon the mix into the loaf tin level off the surface and bake in the oven for 1 hour.
7. After which reduce the temperature to gas mark 1 275F 140C and cook for a further 1 3/4 hrs.
8. During the final 45 min of the cooking time cover the loaf with a double thickness of greaseproof paper to prevent the top from burning.
9. Leave to cold in the tin for a while before turning out on to a wire tray to get quite cool.
10. Makes one 2 lb loaf

butter, brown sugar, oranges, eggs, flour, level tsp, mixed peel, walnuts, rum, brown ale

Taken from cookeatshare.com/recipes/brown-ale-loaf-cake-93551 (may not work)