Chocolate and Guinness® Cake recipe

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Ingredients

1 cup Irish stout beer (such as Guinness®)
1 cup butter
2 cups white sugar
¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
½ cup sour cream
2 tablespoons sour cream
2 eggs
1 splash vanilla extract
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour

Nutrition Info

616.6 calories
carbohydrate: 83.9 g
cholesterol: 115.4 mg
fat: 29.7 g
fiber: 4.1 g
protein: 8 g
saturatedFat: 18.1 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 508.3 mg
sugar: 50.4 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a 9-inch cake pan with parchment paper, grease parchment paper.

  2. Combine stout beer and butter in a large saucepan over medium-low heat, heat until butter melts and beer looks glossy, 3 to 5 minutes.

  3. Remove beer mixture from heat, whisk in sugar and 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons cocoa powder until dissolved and smooth. Whisk in 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons sour cream. Mix in eggs and vanilla extract until well blended. Add baking soda, mix in flour gradually until batter thickens and no lumps remain, about 5 minutes.

  4. Pour batter into the prepared pan.

  5. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Cool cake before serving, at least 4 hours.

Recipe Yield

1 9-inch cake

Recipe Note

This easy recipe is an adaptation of the classic, but is even easier to make. Don't be alarmed by the Guinness® - it's simply used to develop the texture of the cake by making it extra dense and moist. This cake almost ends up pudding-like, and goes down a treat when served with cream or ice cream. This proves that a bakery-quality cake can be made so easily at home!

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