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 Chocolate Stout Cake | Status Approved | | Name |  Chocolate Stout Cake | | Category | The Bakery, Desserts, Cakes & Pastries, American, European | | Serves/Yields | 12 servings | | Source | My friend Leroger | | Difficulty | Moderate | | Prep. Time | 30 minutes | | Cook Time | 35 minutes | | Introduction | | The dark beer known as stout gives this cake an intense, not-too-sweet flavor | | Ingredients | | Cake
2 cups stout (such as Guinness)
2 cups (4 sticks) unsalted butter
1 1/2 cups unsweetened cocoa_powder (preferably Dutch-process)
4 cups all_purpose_flour
4 cups granulated_sugar
1 tablespoon baking_soda
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
4 large eggs
1 1/3 cups sour_cream
Icing
2 cups whipping_cream
1 pound bittersweet (not unsweetened) or semisweet chocolate , chopped
| | Directions | | Step: 1 | For cake:
Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter three 8-inch round cake pans with 2-inch-high sides. Line with parchment paper. Butter paper. Bring 2 cups stout and 2 cups butter to simmer in heavy large saucepan over medium heat. Add cocoa powder and whisk until mixture is smooth. Cool slightly. | | Step: 2 | Whisk flour, sugar, baking soda, and 1 1/2 teaspoons salt in large bowl to blend. Using electric mixer, beat eggs and sour cream in another large bowl to blend. Add stout-chocolate mixture to egg mixture and beat just to combine.
| | Step: 3 | Add flour mixture and beat briefly on slow speed. Using rubber spatula, fold batter until completely combined. Divide batter equally among prepared pans. Bake cakes until tester inserted into center of cakes comes out clean, about 35 minutes. Transfer cakes to rack; cool 10 minutes. Turn cakes out onto rack and cool completely.
For icing:
Bring cream to simmer in heavy medium saucepan. Remove from heat. Add chopped chocolate and whisk until melted and smooth. Refrigerate until icing is spreadable, stirring frequently, about 2 hours.
Place 1 cake layer on plate. Spread 2/3 cup icing over. Top with second cake layer. Spread 2/3 cup icing over. Top with third cake layer. Spread remaining icing over top and sides of cake. |
Time submitted: Sunday, October 24. 2004 at 18:52:26 Contributed By: Kate
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