Chocolate Guinness® Cake

A little trip to Ireland all baked in a delicious chocolate cake with Guinness® flavor. You can serve it with powdered sugar or ganache poured on top. I use this recipe for my groom's cakes but I frost it with a chocolate buttercream then pour ganache evenly over the top. I use raspberries or strawberries to decorate the top for color. It turns out beautiful!

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 1 hr 10 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins
• Calories: 615 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• 3 eggs
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 cup chopped pecans (Optional)
• 1 ¾ teaspoons baking powder
• ¾ cup cocoa powder
• 2 ¼ cups light brown sugar
• 1 ⅓ cups butter, at room temperature
• 1 ½ cups Irish stout beer (such as Guinness®), at room temperature

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Pour batter into the prepared cake pan.

Step 2

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9-inch cake pan with 3-inch sides.

Step 3

Sift flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and cinnamon together in a bowl.

Step 4

Combine brown sugar and butter in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs one a time. Mix in vanilla extract. Beat in flour mixture in thirds, alternating with stout beer, until batter is smooth. Fold in pecans.

Step 5

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 70 to 75 minutes. Transfer cake pan to a wire rack; let cool for 20 minutes. Invert cake onto a serving platter and let cool completely.