Guinness Cake

Name: Guinness Cake
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; Icing ingredients; 4 ounces chocolate; 2 tablespoons Guinness stout; 2 ounces butter; 4 ounces icing sugar, sifted; 1 ounce walnuts, finely chopped

14 ingredients

14 steps

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
Icing ingredients
4 ounces chocolate
2 tablespoons Guinness stout
2 ounces butter
4 ounces icing sugar, sifted
1 ounce walnuts, finely chopped

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 1/4 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.