Stout Chocolate Cake

Name: Stout Chocolate Cake
Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter, softened; 1 cup sugar; 1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar; 3 large eggs; 1 tablespoon vanilla extract; 2 1/4 cups cake flour; 3/4 cup cocoa powder; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 (11.2- to 12-ounce) bottle dark beer or stout; Garnish: milk, semisweet, or dark chocolate curls

13 ingredients

4 steps

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
3 large eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
2 1/4 cups cake flour
3/4 cup cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 (11.2- to 12-ounce) bottle dark beer or stout
Garnish: milk, semisweet, or dark chocolate curls

Directions

1

Preheat oven to 350°. Beat butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add sugars, beating well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating until blended after each addition. Stir in vanilla.
2

Combine cake flour and next 5 ingredients; add to butter mixture alternately with beer, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Pour batter into 3 greased and floured 8-inch round cake pans.
3

Bake 25 to 28 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans on wire racks 10 minutes; remove from pans, and cool completely on wire racks.
4

Spread Chocolate Ganache Frosting between layers and on top and sides of cake. Spread Cream Cheese Frosting on top of cake. Garnish, if desired.