Guinness Cake

Name: Guinness Cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 10 min
Total time: 1 h 25 min
Yield: 6 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 cup Guinness stout; 10 tablespoons unsalted butter (1 stick plus 2 tablespoons); 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa; 2 cups superfine sugar; 3/4 cup sour cream; 2 large eggs; 1 tablespoon vanilla extract; 2 cups all-purpose flour; 2 1/2 teaspoons baking soda; 1 1/4 cups confectioners' sugar; 8 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature; 1/2 cup heavy cream

Submitted by Blue Plate Special

"This recipe, adapted from by the New York Times, uses an 8" Fat Daddio pushpan. It was intended to be published as Private rather than Public, but I do not see how to make that particular modification."

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Ready In:: 1hr 25mins
Ingredients:: 12
Serves:: 6

ingredients

1 cup Guinness stout
10 tablespoons unsalted butter (1 stick plus 2 tablespoons)
³⁄₄ cup unsweetened cocoa
2 cups superfine sugar
³⁄₄ cup sour cream
2 large eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 ¹⁄₂ teaspoons baking soda
1 ¹⁄₄ cups confectioners' sugar
8 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
¹⁄₂ cup heavy cream

directions

For the cake: heat oven to 350 degrees. Butter an 8-inch springform pan and line with parchment paper. In a large saucepan, combine Guinness and butter. Place over medium-low heat until butter melts, then remove from heat. Add cocoa and superfine sugar, and whisk to blend.
In a small bowl, combine sour cream, eggs and vanilla; mix well. Add to Guinness mixture. Add flour and baking soda, and whisk again until smooth. Pour into buttered pan, and bake until risen and firm, 60-75 (when temp reached 205-210). Place pan on a wire rack and cool completely in pan.
For the topping: Using a food processor or by hand, mix confectioners' sugar to break up lumps. Add cream cheese and blend until smooth. Add heavy cream, and mix until smooth and spreadable.
Remove cake from pan and place on a platter or cake stand. Ice top of cake only, so that it resembles a frothy pint of Guinness.