Chocolate Guinness Cake

Name: Chocolate Guinness Cake
Yield: 8-10 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 225 g butter at room temperature; 100 ml Guinness; 40 g Cacao powder; 200 g brown sugar; 100 ml milk; 2 large eggs; 175 g spelt flour; 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda; 200 g icing sugar; 100 g cream cheese (use full fat); 1 tsp vanilla bean paste

Hayley Bradley @Hayley_eats

Bristol, UK

Baking for the Cookpad GBBO contest, one of my fave cakes and actually pretty simple to make.

Hayley Bradley @Hayley_eats

Bristol, UK

Baking for the Cookpad GBBO contest, one of my fave cakes and actually pretty simple to make.

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Ingredients

8-10 servings

225 gbutter at room temperature
100 mlGuinness
40 gCacao powder
200 gbrown sugar
100 mlmilk
2large eggs
175 gspelt flour
1 tspbicarbonate of soda
200 gicing sugar
100 gcream cheese (use full fat)
1 tspvanilla bean paste

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Steps

1

Preheat oven to 160c. Line a loaf tin with baking paper.
2

Melt 125g of butter in a large saucepan. Remove from the heat and whisk in the Guinness and Cacao powder. When smooth add the sugar, milk and eggs and whisk until smooth.
3

Next add the flour, bicarb of soda and a pinch of salt. Whisk well and pour into the lined loaf tin. Bake for 45 mins, check it's cooked by inserting a skewer and checking it comes out clean.
4

While the cakes baking make the icing. Beat 100g butter until creamy. Add the icing sugar in batches, stirring to incorporate. Once all combined beat at high speed until light and fluffy. Beat in the cream cheese and vanilla paste until fully combined.
5

Once the cake has cooled (alteast an hour) spread the frosting over the top and sprinkle with some cocoa powder or chocolate shavings.