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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
- 4 ounces chocolate
- 2 tablespoons Guinness stout
- 2 ounces butter
- 4 ounces icing sugar , sifted
- 1 ounce walnuts , finely chopped
Details
Servings 9
Preparation time 35mins
Cooking time 85mins
Adapted from food.com
Preparation
Step 1
Directions:
1 To make the cake-----------.
2 Grease and line two 8-inch cake pans, and preheat the oven to 350F degrees.
3 Cream butter and sugar together.
4 Gradually beat in the eggs.
5 Sift the flour, baking powder and baking soda into a separate bowl.
6 Stir Guinness into cocoa.
7 Carefully fold in alternate quantities of flour and cocoa to butter/sugar mixture.
8 Spread mixture into pans and bake for 30-35 minutes.
9 Leave to cool in pans for 5 minutes before turning out.
10 To make the icing---------.
11 Melt chocolate with Guinness, and then beat in butter and leave to cool a little before beating in icing sugar.
12 Remove ¼ of icing and stir in chopped walnuts.
13 When icing has cooled to a spreadable consistency, sandwich cake with walnut icing and use rest for top and sides.
14 Decorate with walnut halves and grated chocolate.
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