Guinness Chocolate Layer Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Grease a 9-in. springform pan and line the bottom with parchment; set aside., In a small saucepan, heat beer and butter until butter is melted. Remove from the heat; whisk in sugar and cocoa until blended. Combine the eggs, sour cream and vanilla; whisk into beer mixture. Combine flour and baking soda; whisk into beer mixture until smooth. Pour batter into prepared pan., Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 45-50 minutes. Cool completely in pan on a wire rack. Remove cake from the pan and place on a platter or cake stand. , In a large bowl, beat cream cheese until fluffy. Add confectioners' sugar and cream; beat until smooth (do not overbeat). Frost top of cake. Refrigerate leftovers.

Steps:

• For the cake: heat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9-inch springform pan and line with parchment paper. In a large saucepan, combine Guinness and butter. Place over medium-low heat until butter melts, then remove from heat. Add cocoa and superfine sugar, and whisk to blend.
• In a small bowl, combine sour cream, eggs and vanilla; mix well. Add to Guinness mixture. Add flour and baking soda, and whisk again until smooth. Pour into buttered pan, and bake until risen and firm, 45 minutes to one hour. Place pan on a wire rack and cool completely in pan.
• For the topping: Using a food processor or by hand, mix confectioners' sugar to break up lumps. Add cream cheese and blend until smooth. Add heavy cream, and mix until smooth and spreadable.
• Remove cake from pan and place on a platter or cake stand. Ice top of cake only, so that it resembles a frothy pint of Guinness.

Steps:

• Whisk all ingredients for syrup over medium heat in a saucepan until smooth and sugar has dissolved.
• Preheat oven to 350.
• For the cake, add the stout to a small saucepan, combine with 1/3 C cocoa and bring to a simmer.
• Remove from heat and add semisweet chocolate, stirring until melted.
• Add buttermilk to slightly cooled mixture.
• Combine 2T cocoa, 2T sugar, and 2T flour and use to coat 2 8 or 9 inch cake pans coated with cooking sprag.
• Beat butter until smooth, and add 1 3/4 c sugar until blended.
• Incorporate eggs and vanilla.
• Add 2 C flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt to butter mixture alternately with chocolate mixture, stirring until blended. Batter may look curdled.
• Pour batter into prepared pans, and bake for 25-30 minutes or until toothpick in center comes out clean.
• Cool in pans for 10 minutes, invert onto cooling rack.
• Poke holes in top of cakes with a skewer or toothpick, and spoon drizzling syrup over cakes.
• For Bittersweet icing, boil cream, remove from heat, and add chocolate and stir until combined. Cover tightly and chill, then beat with hand mixer UP TO 3 HOURS BEFORE SERVING CAKE. Add remaining ingredients when soft peaks form.
• Spread warmed jelly onto one cake (bottom layer).
• Cover jelly with 1/4 of bittersweet icing, place 2nd layer on top, and ice cake with remaining icing.
• Press Nuts into sides of cake.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F(set oven rack to second-lowest position).
• Grease three 9 or 10-inch round cake pans then line the bottoms with parchment paper, then butter the paper.
• Bring 2 cups stout beer and 2 cups butter to a simmer in a large saucepan over medium heat.
• Add in cocoa powder and whisk until mixture is smooth; cool slightly.
• In a large bowl whisk the flour, sugar, baking soda and 1-1/2 teaspoons salt.
• In another bowl using an electric mixer beat eggs until thick and lemon coloured (about 5-6 minutes, this is important must beat for no less than 5 minutes!) add in the sour cream and beat until well combined.
• Add the stout/chocolate mixture to the egg mixture; beat JUST to combine.
• Add in the flour mixture and beat on low speed until combined.
• Divide the batter equally among the three pans.
• Bake for about 35 minutes, or until the cakes test done.
• Cool in pans for 10 minutes, then remove to plates.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Butter a 9-inch springform pan and line bottom with parchment paper.
• Pour Guinness into a large saucepan, add butter and heat until melted.
• Whisk in cocoa powder and sugar.
• In a small bowl, beat sour cream with eggs and vanilla and then pour into brown, buttery, beery mixture and finally whisk in flour and baking soda.
• Pour cake batter into greased and line pan and bake for 45 minutes to an hour (Check at 45 minutes for doneness, poking a skewer in center).
• Leave to cool completely in the pan on a cooling rack, as it is quite a damp cake.
• When cake is cold, gently peel off parchment paper and transfer to a platter or cake stand.
• Icing.
• Place cream cheese and confectioners' sugar in a mixing bowl, and whip with an electric beater, until smooth (You may also do this with a food processor).
• Add cream and beat again until you have a spreadable consistency.
• Ice top of cake, starting at middle and fanning out, so that it resembles the frothy top of the famous pint.