Name: Milk stout chocolate festive fruit cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 105 min
Total time: 125 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Bake
Ingredients: 1x 340 ml beer chocolate milk stout; 1 1/2 cup raisins or sultanans; 1/2 cup dried cranberries; 1 cup glacé cherries whole; 1/4 cup candied citrus peel; 1 cup sugar; 125 g butter; 1/2 tsp baking soda; 2 cup flour; 2 tsp Baking powder; 1 eggs

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Ingredients (11)

1x 340 ml	beer — chocolate milk stout
1 1/2 cup	raisins — or sultanans
1/2 cup	dried cranberries
1 cup	glacé cherries — whole
1/4 cup	candied citrus peel
1 cup	sugar
125 g	butter
1/2 tsp	baking soda
2 cup	flour
2 tsp	Baking powder
1	eggs

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Method:

Preheat the oven to 150°C and line a 23cl cake tin with baking paper on all sides.

In a medium pot add the fruit, Castle Milk Stout Chocolate, butter, sugar and baking soda and bring to the boil. Simmer over a low heat for 15 minutes. Set aside to cool. *this can be made the day before and left over night.

Sift the flour and baking powder in a bowl.

Add the egg and the cooled fruit mix and stir by hand until well incorporated.

Tip the batter into the prepared tin and bake for 1½ hours (90 minutes).

Note:
The cranberries can be subsituted for raisins.

Recipe by Sam Linsell (Struik Lifestyle) for Castle Milk Stout.

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