Porter Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 1/2 c. white flour
2 1/2 c. brown sugar
4 1/2 c. raisins
1 level tsp. bicarbonate of soda, melted in warm Guinness
4 eggs
1 c. butter
1 c. glace cherries
1 c. chopped almonds
1 c. chopped mixed peel
1/2 pt. Guinness, warmed
juice and grated rind of 1 lemon
pinch of mixed spice

Preparation

Rub butter into flour and add all other dry ingredients.
Blend very well.
Beat eggs with lukewarm Guinness and add bicarbonate of soda.
Mix this very well into dry cake mixture and turn into greased, lined cake tin, 9-inch diameter and 3-inches high.
Should be covered with grease-proof paper and baked at 200\u00b0 to 250\u00b0 for 3 to 3 1/2 hours, removing the paper for the last half-hour.
Test with skewer.
Makes a good Christmas cake.
If iced will keep well in a tin.