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Guiness Chocolate Cake

2018, baking, celebrations, entertaining

https://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/chocolate_guinness_cake/

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 cup Guinness stout
  • 10 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 3/4 cup unsweetened natural cocoa
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 1/2 cups dark brown sugar
  • 3/4 cup sour cream
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt

METHOD

1 Preheat oven, prepare pan: Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease a 9-inch springform pan with butter and line the bottom with a round of parchment paper.

2 Heat Guinness, butter, add cocoa and sugar: In a large saucepan place the stout and butter. Cook over medium-high heat until the butter has melted. Add the cocoa powder and sugars and whisk together. Take off heat and allow to come to room temperature.

3 Beat sour cream, eggs, vanilla, then add to stout butter mixture: In another bowl beat together the sour cream, eggs, and vanilla extract until very, very well combined. Add to the butter-stout mixture and whisk together.

4 Whisk flour, baking soda, salt, add to stout-butter mixture: In another bowl whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt. Add to the stout-butter mixture and whisk together until it just comes together.

5 Bake: Pour into the prepared pan and give the pan a few short drops onto the countertop to shake the air pockets in the batter to the surface and out of the cake. Bake at 350°F for 60 minutes.

6 Cool: Allow to cool on a wire rack. Run a knife around the edge to separate the cake from the pan and pop the ring off the springform.

7 Top:  Dust with powdered sugar.

8 Serve:  Dollop whipped cream (maybe spiked with Bailey’s)

Bob’s Beer Bread

2017, baking, celebrations

Bob is a dear co-worker of mine who has put on a St Patrick’s Day Corned Beef luncheon at work for several years.  We didn’t have one this year due to the lack of a break room at work, so I decided to make my own corned beef, accompanied by his beer bread.

  • 3 cups self-rising flour (or 3 cups flour with about 2 1/2 TBSP baking powder and a good pinch of salt)
  • 1/2 c sugar
  • 4 TBSP melted butter, place more for the brushing on top
  • 12 oz Guinness

Combine in a bowl and pour into a greased loaf pan.

Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.  Brush with butter, then continue to bake for another 5 minutes.

Chocolate Beer Bread

2017, family, holidays

Whipped up a batch for St Patty’s Day.  Turned out crisp and salted on the outside.  I really liked the malty flavor the porter imparts.  I don’t have the exact baking time.  30 minutes is an estimation.

  • 2 2/3 cup flour
  • 1/3 cup cocoa powder
  • 1 3/4 TBSP baking powder
  • 1/2 c sugar
  • pinch salt
  • 12 oz chocolate porter
  • handful chocolate chips
  • handful chopped walnuts
  • 4 TBSP melted butter + more for brushing on top

Combine flour, baking soda, sugar, and salt then stir in wet ingredients till well combined.  Lumps are OK but don’t want dry pockets of flour.  Stir in chocolate chips and nuts.

Pour into 3 greased mini loaves and bake at 350 degrees till puffed and a toothpick comes out clean, about 30 minutes.

Let cool for about 15 minutes, the remove from pans.

Brush the tops with butter