Chocolate and Guinness® Cake
Description
This dense and moist chocolate and Guinness® cake has a pudding-like texture that goes down a treat with whipped cream or ice cream.
Ingredients
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1 cup Irish stout beer (such as Guinness®)
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1 cup butter
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2 cups white sugar
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3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
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2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
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1/2 cup sour cream
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2 tablespoons sour cream
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2 eggs
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1 splash vanilla extract
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2 teaspoons baking soda
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2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
Directions
1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a 9-inch cake pan with parchment paper; grease parchment paper.
2
Combine stout beer and butter in a large saucepan over medium-low heat; heat until butter melts and beer looks glossy, 3 to 5 minutes.
3
Remove beer mixture from heat; whisk in sugar and 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons cocoa powder until dissolved and smooth. Whisk in 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons sour cream. Mix in eggs and vanilla extract until well blended. Add baking soda; mix in flour gradually until batter thickens and no lumps remain, about 5 minutes.
4
Pour batter into the prepared pan.
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Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Cool cake before serving, at least 4 hours.