The Best Chocolate Guinness Cake Recipe

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This recipe makes one thick layer or two thinner layers if you prefer a layer cake. It's easy to make with just a whisk and a bowl. No mixer needed! Here's what you'll need to make it.

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all purpose flour sugar brown sugar cocoa powder instant coffee baking powder baking soda salt butter eggs Guinness or other stout sour cream

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Melt butter with beer. Add salt and espresso powder. Whisk in sugars and sift in the cocoa powder.

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Whisk cocoa powder in. Whisk togehter eggs and sour cream and whisk that into the batter. Whisk in dry ingredients.

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Pour into prepared pan. I like to use a push pan, because it makes the cake easy to unmold. Wrap while warm to keep moist.

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Some people like to frost stout cake with cream cheese or Bailey's frosting. I developed a burnt caramel buttercream that marries beautifully marries with the cake. Get that recipe below.

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This cake was the signature cake at the restaurant I worked at. It is truly the best chocolate stout cake ever.

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It was my honor to make this cake for Anthony Bourdain once. He deemed it "very good," and he was not a dessert person.

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Get the full recipe for this fantastic cake by clicking below. See the next slide for more delicious cake recipes. Thank you!

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