An easy Christmas Cake Recipe from the Merrion Hotel.

• Soak the sultanas, currants, cherries and Guinness overnight. 
• Beat butter and sugar together until the mixture is light in colour. 
• Add eggs one by one and continue to beat together. 
• Sieve the flour and spices and add to the mixture. 
• Finally, add the treacle and fruit to the mixture.
• Line and grease a 2lbs cake well and add mixture to the tin. 
• Bake at 130C/270F for 1 and a half hours approx, or until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.
• Cool on a wire rack and enjoy!