CHOCOLATE GUINNESS CAKE
CHOCOLATE GUINNESS CAKE
1 cup Guinness
1 cup unsalted butter
⅓ cup cocoa
2 cups caster sugar
½ cup sour cream
2 eggs
1 tbsp vanilla extract
2 ⅕ cups all-purpose flour
2 ½ tsp baking soda
Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter and line a 9 inch springform tin.
Pour the Guinness into a medium saucepan. Add the butter - in spoons or slices - and heat until the butter is melted. Whisk in the cocoa and sugar.
In a large bowl beat the sour cream with the eggs and vanilla. Add your brown, buttery, beery mixture. Whisk in the flour and baking soda.
Pour the cake batter into your prepared tin and bake for 45 minutes to an hour. Cool completely.
CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
8 oz cream cheese
1 ¼ confectioner’s sugar
½ cups whipping cream
Whip the cream cheese until smooth. Add the confectioner’s sugar and beat until well combined.
Add the whipping cream and beat again until frosting is thick. Add more sugar or cream as needed to get the right consistency.
Ice the top of the black cake so that it resembles the frothy top of the famous pint.
Makes about 12 slices.Source: Nigella Lawson
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