Mouth-watering Chocolate Guinness Cake Recipe Video
Ingredients
For the Cake
Demerara sugar - 275gram
Guinness or other stout/bitter beer - 200ml
Self-raising flour - 175gram
Soft butter - 110gram
Cocoa powder - 50gram
Eggs - 2
Baking powder - 1 teaspoon
For the icing:
Icing sugar - 140gram
Butter - 60gram
Guinness - 4 tablespoons
Pecan nuts - A handful, for decorating
Directions
GETTING READY
1).Pre-heat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius, and then we'll begin by making the cake.
MAKING
2. Cream the butter and sugar together in a large mixing bowl until more pale in color and then add in the eggs, one by one, beating well between each addition.
3. Next, transfer the cocoa powder to a bowl, and pour in the Guinness bit by bit, whisking well between each addition, to create a smooth soupy consistency.
4. Add the flour into the beaten sugar, butter and eggs and fold in gently. Next, add in the Guinness and cocoa mixture, bit by bit, and stir in well between each addition until it's all blended together.
5. Grease and flour your baking tins and divide the mixture equally between the two tins, before placing into the oven.
6. Bake the cakes for about 30 minutes - perhaps one or two minutes more, depending on your oven.
7. The cakes should be quite flat on top, perhaps a little risen, and have come away from the edges of the tins slightly when done. You should also be able to stick a skewer in them and have it come out clean. Remove from the oven when done and allow to cool in their tins for 10 minutes, before turning out carefully and allowing to cool down fully on a wire rack.
8. Once the cakes have almost completely cooled down, start to make the icing. Mix the butter and icing sugar together until you have a stiff paste. Add in the Guinness, a tablespoon at a time, mixing well between each addition, until you have a manageable icing. Don't add too much Guinness, but if you do, you can correct it by adding a bit of extra icing sugar.
9. Split the icing into two and spread half on the top of one cake, and then lay the other cake on top. Spread the other half of the icing over the top of the final cake, before decorating with pecan nuts.
SERVING
10. Serve the cake in a serving plate.
1).Pre-heat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius, and then we'll begin by making the cake.
MAKING
2. Cream the butter and sugar together in a large mixing bowl until more pale in color and then add in the eggs, one by one, beating well between each addition.
3. Next, transfer the cocoa powder to a bowl, and pour in the Guinness bit by bit, whisking well between each addition, to create a smooth soupy consistency.
4. Add the flour into the beaten sugar, butter and eggs and fold in gently. Next, add in the Guinness and cocoa mixture, bit by bit, and stir in well between each addition until it's all blended together.
5. Grease and flour your baking tins and divide the mixture equally between the two tins, before placing into the oven.
6. Bake the cakes for about 30 minutes - perhaps one or two minutes more, depending on your oven.
7. The cakes should be quite flat on top, perhaps a little risen, and have come away from the edges of the tins slightly when done. You should also be able to stick a skewer in them and have it come out clean. Remove from the oven when done and allow to cool in their tins for 10 minutes, before turning out carefully and allowing to cool down fully on a wire rack.
8. Once the cakes have almost completely cooled down, start to make the icing. Mix the butter and icing sugar together until you have a stiff paste. Add in the Guinness, a tablespoon at a time, mixing well between each addition, until you have a manageable icing. Don't add too much Guinness, but if you do, you can correct it by adding a bit of extra icing sugar.
9. Split the icing into two and spread half on the top of one cake, and then lay the other cake on top. Spread the other half of the icing over the top of the final cake, before decorating with pecan nuts.
SERVING
10. Serve the cake in a serving plate.
Editors Review
The chocolate Guinness cake is a magnificent cake due to its dark damp blackness. Make this cake this festive season and give a wonderful treat to your family. Watch the recipe video right here.Chef
