Guinness® Chocolate Cake with Irish Cream Frosting recipe

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Ingredients

1 cup Irish stout beer (such as Guinness®)
1 cup unsalted butter, sliced
2 cups white sugar
⅓ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
⅔ cup sour cream
2 eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 ⅓ cups all-purpose flour, sifted
1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
½ cup butter, softened
1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted
3 tablespoons Irish cream liqueur, or to taste

Nutrition Info

673.7 calories
carbohydrate: 83.5 g
cholesterol: 126.5 mg
fat: 35.4 g
fiber: 1.4 g
protein: 5.1 g
saturatedFat: 21.9 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 306 mg
sugar: 67 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9-inch springform pan.

  2. Pour stout beer into a large saucepan over medium-low heat. Add 1 cup sliced butter, heat until butter is melted, about 5 minutes. Whisk in white sugar and cocoa powder until dissolved. Remove from heat.

  3. Mix sour cream, eggs, and 1 tablespoon vanilla extract together in a bowl. Stir into beer mixture. Whisk flour and baking soda into the beer mixture until batter is smooth, pour into the greased pan.

  4. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 45 to 60 minutes. Run a knife around the edge of the cake, cool to room temperature on a wire rack, about 30 minutes. Remove ring and transfer cake to a serving platter.

  5. Beat 1/2 cup butter and cream cheese together in a bowl. Add vanilla extract. Mix in confectioners' slowly until icing is smooth. Add Irish cream liqueur 1 tablespoon at a time to thin frosting to a spreading consistency. Spread frosting over cooled cake.

Recipe Yield

1 9-inch cake

Recipe Note

Super yummy cake that even a non-drinker will enjoy! For St. Patrick's Day or any other day that you want!

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