Tine's Guinness Tarts

Ingredients for 1 servings:

• 220 g seedless raisins
• 120 g sultanas
• 60 g almonds, chopped
• 120 g mixed fruits (lemon peel, candied orange peel, cherries)
• 250 g flour
• 120 g butter, soft
• 200 g brown sugar
• Lemon peel, grated
• 1 tsp gingerbread spice
• 1 tsp instant coffee powder
• ½ tsp baking soda
• 150 ml beer (Guinness)
• 2 eggs
• 4 tbsp powdered sugar
• 1 tbsp beer (Guinness)

Instructions

Working time approx. 20 minutes; Total time approx. 20 minutes

A delight not just for Irish people, but for all lovers of dark beer! And please don’t call it muffins!!!

Chop the raisins, sultanas, almonds, and mixed fruit in a blender. This is easier and faster (and also quieter) if you use pre-chopped almonds and simply add them to the chopped fruit at the end. Add the flour, butter, sugar, lemon zest, gingerbread spice, and coffee and stir in. Dissolve the baking soda in Guinness and add it to the mixture along with the eggs. Mix everything together until you have a smooth batter. Preheat the oven to 175°C. Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper baking cups. If you don’t have a muffin tin, stack two paper baking cups inside each other, as the batter is heavy and simple baking cups don’t provide sufficient support. Fill the muffin tins almost to the brim with batter and bake for 25-30 minutes. Sift the powdered sugar and mix it with a little Guinness to create a smooth glaze. Decorate the cooled tarts with this. Why “tarts” and not “muffins”? Muffins are light, rise during baking, and become fluffy – Guinness cakes, on the other hand, are quite rich and not recommended for children.