Chocolate Stout Cake

Directions

1. 1
   Preheat the oven to 350F, and grease and line a 9 inch springform tin.
2. 2
   Pour the stout into a large saucepan, and add the sliced butter.
3. 3
   Heat until the butter is melted, and remove the saucepan from the heat.
4. 4
   Stir in applesauce.
5. 5
   Whisk in the cocoa and sugar.
6. 6
   Beat the yogurt with the egg, yolks and vanilla, then pour into the saucepan.
7. 7
   Stir well.
8. 8
   Stir in the flour and baking soda with a spatula (batter will be thick and dense).
9. 9
   Pour the batter into the greased and lined tin, and bake for an hour.
10. 10
    Leave to completely cool in the tin - this is very important because it is quite a large, damp cake.