Guinness Chocolate Cake
You don't have to wait for St. Patrick's Day to make my Guinness Chocolate Cake. Your family and friends will love this rich chocolaty dessert with a cream cheese frosting any time of year!
Equipment
Ingredients
Cake Pan
- 2 tablespoon butter
- 2 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
Guinness Chocolate Cake
- 12 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 1 cup Guinness
- ¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup Greek yogurt full fat (plain or vanilla)
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar packed
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- ¾ teaspoon sea salt
Frosting
- 8 ounce cream cheese softened
- 2½ cups powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
Cake Pan
- Butter a 9-inch spring form pan with 2 tablespoons of unsalted butter. Dust with 2 tablespoons of cocoa powder, tap out the excess cocoa powder and set off to the side.
Guinness Chocolate Cake
- Preheat your oven to 350°
- Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Add the Gunniess to the melted butter and bring to a simmer.
- Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the cocoa powder. Mix well and allow to cool for 10 minutes.
- Whisk together the Greek yogurt, eggs and vanilla extract in a large mixing bowl.
- Add the cooled cocoa mixture to the egg mixture and mix until well blended and smooth.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, sugars, baking powder and salt. Set to the side until needed. **Combine all the ingredients using a wire whisk.
- Add the flour to the chocolate mixture and stir until well incorporated. *Be careful not to overmix!
- Pour the chocolate batter into the prepared pan. **This is a thin batter, don't worry.
- Bake on the middle rack of the preheated oven for 50 to 55 minutes or until a cake tester comes out with only a trace of batter attached.
- Cool the finished cake on a wire rack until cool to the touch. Transfer the cooled cake to a cake dish for frosting.**Allow the cake to cool a little longer after removing it from the pan.
Frosting
- In the bowl of your stand mixer use the paddle attachment to beat the cream cheese until smooth.
- Gradually add in the powdered sugar, the cream and vanilla.**Add more powdered sugar or cream as needed.
- When the frosting is smooth and the cake has cooled, frost the top of the cake with the frosting. **The cake should resemble a pint of Guinness.
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Nutrition
Calories: 544kcalCarbohydrates: 86gProtein: 7gFat: 21gSaturated Fat: 12gCholesterol: 86mgSodium: 327mgPotassium: 173mgFiber: 3gSugar: 65gVitamin A: 690IUCalcium: 53mgIron: 2mg
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