Moist Chocolate Guinness Cake
1 hour 30 minutes
A very moist chocolate cake which has a little Guinness stout included for a deep rich flavour. This is perfect with vanilla ice cream.
3 people made this
Ingredients
Makes: 1 cake
- 1 3/4 cups plain flour
- 3/4 cup cocoa powder
- 1 3/4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon bicarb soda
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 300g unsalted butter, softened
- 2 1/4 cups brown sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups Guinness stout
- 1 cup pecans, diced
Directions
Preparation:20min ›
Cook:1hour10min ›
Ready in:1hour30min
- Preheat the oven to 160 degrees C. Grease and flour a 23cm springform cake tin.
- Sift together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, bicarb soda and salt.
- With an electric mixer, beat the butter until creamy then add the brown sugar and beat until light, about 3 minutes. Reduce speed and add eggs one at a time, beating after each. Add the vanilla.
- Add the flour mixture alternately with the Guinness, mixing until just blended. Add pecans, then pour the batter into the cake tin. Bake 70 minutes or until it tests done.
