Chocolate Stout Cake
This chocolate cake is dense and moist and has an amazing deep chocolate flavor. The cream cheese or buttercream frosting perfectly complement this cake.
Equipment
- bundt pan
Ingredients
- 12 ounces Chocolate Stout or Guinness beer
- 10 tbsp butter
- 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1/2 cups brown sugar
- 3/4 cup sour cream
- 2 whole Eggs
- 1 tbsp vanilla
- 2 cups flour
- 2 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
Cream Cheese Frosting
- 8 ounce cream cheese room temperature
- 4 tbsp butter room temperature
- 1 1/3 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tbsp heavy cream milk or half and half work too
Instructions
- Add beer and butter to a medium saucepan, cook over low heat until butter melts add sugars and whisk until smooth and sugars have dissolved. Remove from heat allow to cool.
- With a mixer in another bowl cream together sour cream, eggs, and vanilla. Add cooled beer mixture to egg mixture. Mix scraping the sides of the bowl at least once, continue to mix for 1 minute.
- Combine flour, baking soda, and salt in a measuring cup gradually add dry ingredients to the wet, mix until it comes together. Do not over mix.
- Pour batter into prepared cake pan give pan a few drops on the counter to release any air bubbles place in preheated oven and bake for 50 minutes. Remove and allow to cool on wire rack for 10 minutes, run a knife along the edges of the cake pan then place the cooling wrack top down on cake and flip cake out on to cooling rack, allowing cake to cool completely before frosting. (If you choose to use a spring form pan just release the sides.)
- Frosting: In mixer whip butter and cream cheese together, gradually add sugar 1/3 cup at a time, drizzle in heavy cream at the end continue to whip until frosting is light and fluffy. Place cake on cake plate, scoop out all the frosting on to the top of the cake and work around with a knife until frosting is even on the top and just falling over the edges of the cake.
Notes
Note: If you are not a fan of cream cheese frosting here is how I make
Buttercream Frosting:
2 sticks Butter, softened
6-8 cups Powdered Sugar
1/4 cup Half and Half
1/4 teaspoon Salt
2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract Place the butter in a large mixing bowl. Add 4 cups of the sugar, salt, and the half and half and vanilla on medium speed begin to beat until smooth and creamy about 3 minutes. Gradually add in the remaining sugar 1 cup at a time beating well after each. If frosting seems to stiff, add in a little extra half and half a tablespoon at a time.
Buttercream Frosting:
2 sticks Butter, softened
6-8 cups Powdered Sugar
1/4 cup Half and Half
1/4 teaspoon Salt
2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract Place the butter in a large mixing bowl. Add 4 cups of the sugar, salt, and the half and half and vanilla on medium speed begin to beat until smooth and creamy about 3 minutes. Gradually add in the remaining sugar 1 cup at a time beating well after each. If frosting seems to stiff, add in a little extra half and half a tablespoon at a time.
Nutrition
Serving: 1pieceCalories: 509kcalCarbohydrates: 69gProtein: 5gFat: 25gSaturated Fat: 15gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 66mgSodium: 453mgPotassium: 170mgFiber: 3gSugar: 48gVitamin A: 363IUVitamin C: 0.1mgCalcium: 53mgIron: 2mg
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