Guinness Cake
Ingredients
- 4 ounces unsalted butter
- 10 ounces dark brown sugar
- 2 medium eggs, beaten ⓘ
- 6 ounces plain flour ⓘ
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder ⓘ
- 1 teaspoon baking soda ⓘ
- 7 fluid ounces Guinness stout (or other Irish stout) ⓘ
- 2 ounces cocoa powder ⓘ
- Icing ingredients ⓘ
- 4 ounces chocolate ⓘ
- 2 tablespoons Guinness stout ⓘ
- 2 ounces butter ⓘ
- 4 ounces icing sugar, sifted ⓘ
Instructions
- To make the cake-----------.
- Grease and line two 8-inch cake pans, and preheat the oven to 350F degrees.
- Cream butter and sugar together.
- Gradually beat in the eggs.
- Sift the flour, baking powder and baking soda into a separate bowl.
- Stir Guinness into cocoa.
- Carefully fold in alternate quantities of flour and cocoa to butter/sugar mixture.
- Spread mixture into pans and bake for 30-35 minutes.
- Leave to cool in pans for 5 minutes before turning out.
- To make the icing---------.
- Melt chocolate with Guinness, and then beat in butter and leave to cool a little before beating in icing sugar.
- Remove 1/4 of icing and stir in chopped walnuts.
- When icing has cooled to a spreadable consistency, sandwich cake with walnut icing and use rest for top and sides.
- Decorate with walnut halves and grated chocolate.
Nutrition & Diet Analysis (per serving)
1046
kcal
52% DV
Protein
Fat
Carbs
* % Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet (FDA 2020).