Guinness
Chocolate Cake Recipe
Ingredients :
CAKE
Cooking spray
1/2 cup
unsweetened cocoa
1 (11.2-oz.)
Irish stout beer (such as Guinness)
2 1/2 cups (about
10 5/8 oz.) all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon
baking soda
1/2 teaspoon
kosher salt
1 cup (8 oz.)
unsalted butter, softened
8 ounces
semisweet chocolate, chopped
2 tablespoons
molasses
1 1/2 cups
granulated sugar
3 large eggs
1 cup sour cream
CHOCOLATE GLAZE
1/2 cup (4 oz.)
Irish cream liqueur (such as Baileys)
2 ounces heavy
cream
1 tablespoon
light corn syrup
WHISKEY DRIZZLE
1 cup powdered
sugar
3 tablespoons (1
1/2 oz.) Irish whiskey (such as Bushmills)
How to Make Guinness
Chocolate Cake :
Step 1
Prepare the Cake:
Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray a 12-cup Bundt pan with cooking spray, and dust
with cocoa, tapping out the excess.
Step 2
Heat beer in a
medium saucepan over medium-high until boiling. Reduce heat to medium, and
simmer until beer is reduced to 3/4 cup, about 15 minutes. While beer reduces,
whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl. Set aside.
Step 3
Whisk butter,
semisweet chocolate, and molasses into reduced beer until butter and chocolate
melt. Set aside.
Step 4
Beat together
granulated sugar and eggs with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until
fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in chocolate mixture and sour cream. Gradually add
flour mixture, beating on low speed until just combined.
Step 5
Pour batter into
prepared Bundt pan, and bake in preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into
the center comes out clean, 50 to 55 minutes. Let cake cool in pan 30 minutes,
then invert onto a serving platter. Cool another 30 minutes.
Step 6
Prepare the
Chocolate Glaze: combine Irish cream, heavy cream, and corn syrup in a glass
measuring cup; heat in a microwave on HIGH for 30 to 45 seconds. Place
bittersweet chocolate in a small bowl, and pour warm cream mixture over it; let
stand 1 minute, then gently stir until smooth. Once mixture is smooth, increase
speed of stirring until chocolate mixture is emulsified and glossy; set aside.
Step 7
Prepare the
Whiskey Drizzle: whisk together powdered sugar and whiskey in a medium bowl
until smooth, and spoon into a piping bag or a ziplock plastic bag with a
corner snipped off.
Step 8
When cake is
cool, spoon Chocolate Glaze over entire cake, allowing glaze to drip down sides
of cake. Let stand 20 minutes at room temperature, or chill 10 minutes. When
glaze has set, drizzle cake with Whiskey Drizzle. Let stand a few minutes
before slicing cake.