Chocolate Guinness cake
This is hands down the best chocolate cake recipe ever. It is such a hit!
Nutrition (per serving)
Ingredients
Cake ingredients
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Guinness1 cup (240 ml)
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Plain flour1.5 cups (250 g)
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Caster sugar1.5 cups (300 g)
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Rapeseed oil1 cup (240 ml)
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Cocoa powder0.33 cups (35 g)
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Sour cream0.5 cups (100 g)
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Lemon juice2 tsp
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Baking soda1 tsp
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Vanilla extract1 tbsp
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Egg2
Icing ingredients
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Double cream0.5 cups (120 ml)
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Icing sugar0.75 cups (75 g)
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Full fat soft cheese1.5 packets (300 g)
Method
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Put all the cake ingredients in a bowl (not the icing ingredients), mix with a hand held whisk until combined to form a smooth batter.
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Place batter in a lined high sided cake tin and bake for 45 min, then put foil over top to stop cake from cooking anymore on surface and leave to cook for another 15-20 minutes at 180°C until cooked through.
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Remove from oven and leave to cool in tin.
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Ready for Freezer
Once cool, transfer to a sealable freezer bag, remove all air and seal. This will last in the freezer for 3 months.
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Ready to Eat
Remove cake from freezer and allow to defrost in bag.
This cake is heavy and dense, so with care remove from bag and place on cake plate.
Combine all the icing ingredients in a bowl, whisk with an electric mixer until icing becomes thick and spreadable.
Spread on top of cake.
Hey presto – you’re done!
Hi ,is the flour quantity right in this recipe ? It seems very little flour.I have made it and cooked it ,and it’s just not right.
Thanks for pointing this out, Rebecca. Try this version and let me know how you get on! Happy Batching.