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| It tastes way better than it looks. The decorating went very bad. |
Prep: 10 minutes
Cook: 60 minutes @ 350 degrees (not including wait time)
Ingredients:
Cake:
1 cup stout or porter beer (I used Guinness)
10 tablespoons unsalted butter (plus additional for greasing the pan)
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
1 1/2 cups superfine sugar
1/2 cup dark brown sugar
3/4 cup sour cream
2 eggs
1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
2 cups all purpose flour
2 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
Frosting:
8 oz cream cheese, softened
2 cups powdered sugar
6 tablespoons Bailey's
Directions:
Cake:
Cook beer and butter in a large sauce pan over medium-high heat until butter is completely melted. Whisk in cocoa powder and sugars. Take off heat and allow it to come to room temperature (took mine about 1 hour). --- Use this wait time to grease your 8 or 9 inch springform pan with butter and line the bottom with parchment paper.
*Preheat oven before starting this next step* Beat sour cream, eggs, and vanilla extract in your electric mixer. Mix until very well combined. Add the cooled butter-beer mixture and whisk together. In another bowl whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt. Add to the butter-beer mixture and whisk until it just comes together. Pour into the springform pan and give it a few short drops onto the countertop. This will shake out any air pockets within the batter. Bake for 50-60 minutes. Cool on wire rack. Run a knife (I used a spatula) around the edges to separate the cake from the pan and remove the ring from the springform pan. Spread a generous amount of frosting on the top of the cake.
Frosting:
Beat cream cheese in electric mixer until smooth. Add powdered sugar and Bailey's. Beat until smooth.
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| Baker's sugar on the left. Regular granulated sugar on the right. |
A quick side note: You can use regular granulated sugar in this recipe but your cake will not be as fluffy. Baker's sugar (ultra fine sugar - Caster's sugar) produces fluffier cakes. It is also used more frequently in making meringues. As you can see in the picture there is a big difference in texture.
