50 g Butter; cut into small
; pieces (2 oz)
150 g Self raising flour; (5 oz )
50 g Demerara sugar; (2 oz)
75 g Walnuts; chopped (3 oz)
1 100 gram bar Cadbury’s
-Bournville chocolate
150 ml Guinness; (6 fl oz)
1 lg Egg
1/2 ts Bicarbonate of soda
1/2 ts Baking powder
A 17.5 cm; (7 inch) round
-cake
; tin or 1 kg ( 2 lb)
; loaf tin, greased
; and base lined with
; greaseproof paper
Rub the butter into the flour, stir in the sugar and nuts. Break up
the chocolate and melt it in the Guinness in a saucepan, over a
gentle heat. Whisk lightly.
When cool, blend the liquid into the dry ingredients with the beaten
egg and rising agents. Transfer the mixture to the chosen tin and
bake in a moderate oven Gas Mark 4, 180 deg C, 350 deg F for 45
minutes until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.
Allow to cool in the tin for 10 – 15 minutes before turning out onto
a wire rack.
This cake moistens as it is kept.
Yields
1 servings