Chocolate Guinness Cake
, About 12 slices
A damp, dark chocolate cake made with Guinness, topped with cream cheese icing to look like a pint's frothy head.
| prepPreheat oven to 350°F / 180°C (160°C fan, gas mark 4) | ||||||
| prepButter and line a 9 inch / 23 cm springform tin | ||||||
| 250 ml Guinness | Melt butter in Guinness | Whisk in cocoa & sugar | Pour into pan, whisk in flour & bicarb | Bake 350°F / 180°C, 45-60 min | Cool completely in tin | Ice cooled cake like a pint's head |
| 250 g unsalted butter | ||||||
| 75 g cocoa powder | ||||||
| 400 g caster sugar | ||||||
| 150 ml sour cream | Beat sour cream, eggs & vanilla | |||||
| 2 large eggs | ||||||
| 2 1/2 tsp vanilla extract | ||||||
| 275 g plain flour | ||||||
| 2 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda | ||||||
| 300 g cream cheese | Whip cream cheese, sieve in sugar & cornflour | Beat in cream until spreadable | ||||
| 150 g icing sugar | ||||||
| 2 tsp cornflour | ||||||
| 125 ml double cream (or whipping cream) | ||||||
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