Amazing Chocolate Guinness Cake Recipe

Happy St Patrick’s Day 2024 Everyone! A pint of plain is your only man

This is my take on a Guinness Cake folks and I created the recipe to fit the 20cm x 30cm pan like all the other cakes. It’s delicious, decadent,moist and rich with a subtle taste of the black stuff but nothing overpowering. Have a go. You owe it to yourself!

Recipe

250g of Plain Flour
1 1/2 tsp of Baking Soda
1 1/2 tsp of Baking Powder
Pinch of Salt
70g of Cocoa powder

100g of White Sugar
200g of Soft Dark brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract
100ml of vegetable oil
200g of creme fraiche or sour cream
300ml of Guinness
100ml of boiling water

Cream Cheese Frosting

100g of butter
300g of cream cheese
150g of Icing sugar
1 tsp of vanilla essence

Bake at 180C/356F Conventional oven for 35 minutes or 160/320F Fan assisted

This recipe is converted from grams so these are approximate US cup measurements

Recipe

2 cups of Plain Flour
1 1/2 tsp of Baking Soda
1 1/2 tsp of Baking Powder
Pinch of Salt
1/2 cup + 1 tbsp of Cocoa powder

1/2 cup of White Sugar
1 cup of Soft Dark brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract
1/3 cup + 1 tbsp of vegetable oil
3/4 cup + 1 tbsp of creme fraiche or sour cream
1 1/4 cups of Guinness
1/3 cup + 1 tbsp of boiling water

Cream Cheese Frosting

1 stick of butter
1 1/4 cup of cream cheese
1 1/4 cup of Icing sugar
1 tsp of vanilla essence

Bake at 180C/356F Conventional oven for 35 minutes or 160C/320F Fan assisted. Check with a skewer or a knife to make sure it’s done and if not give it a few more minutes

All the best
Chris - Your Irish Baker Abroad 👨🏻‍🍳🇮🇪

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