Chocolate Guinness Cake

By Addie

I baked this cake for a friend of ours for his birthday that was on the Monday that just passed. Everyone that had a piece really enjoyed it and said that it was out of this world. I always get similar comments whenever I bake this cake and I am always pressured into baking it, especially by my wife who is "addicted" to anything chocolate. I sometimes wonder if she loves chocolate more than she does me.

Ingredients

• FOR THE CAKE:
• 250 ml Guinness Beer
• 250 g unsalted butter
• 75 g cocoa
• 400 g caster sugar
• 142 ml sour cream
• 275 g plain flour
• 2 eggs
• 1 tbsp vanilla extract
• 2.5 tsp bicarbonate of soda
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• FOR THE TOPPING:
• 300 g cream cheese
• 150 g icing sugar
• 125 ml double or whipping cream

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees celcius and butter and line a 23cm springform tin. pour the Guinness into a large saucepan and add butter in slices and heat until the butter is melted, at which time you should whisk in the cocoa and sugar.

Beat the sour cream with the eggs and vanilla and then pour into the saucepan with that contains the beer and butter mixture. Finally beat in the flour and the bicarb.

Pour the batter mixture into the springform tin and bake for about 45 minutes. When done remove from oven and place on a rack to cool. When totally cooled off, whip together the icing sugar, cream cheese and cream in a bowl. When it reaches a nice thick consistancy, pour the mixture onto the cake and spread it out smoothly over the cake.

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REVIEWS:

I made this exact cake last month and it was fantastic! It also kept and stayed fresh for a very long time. Yummy.

This must be the ultimate cake recipe EVER.... Having just returned from Dublin I think I will cut down on the Guiness but this baby is heaven on earth!