This one is random...but delicious. Do not be intimidated by the length of the recipe. If I can make it, anyone can. And I have to credit the illustrious Nigella Lawson for it...
CHOCOLATE GUINESS CAKE
Cake
1 cup Guinness stout
1 stick unsalted butter, sliced
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 cups granulated sugar (superfine, if possible)
3/4 cup sour cream (or plain yogurt)
2 eggs
1 tbsp vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 1/2 tsp baking soda
Icing
8 oz cream cheese
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1/2 cup heavy cream
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9-inch springform pan and line bottom with parchment paper. Pour Guinness into a large saucepan, add butter and heat until melted, then remove from heat. Whisk in cocoa powder and sugar. In a small bowl, beat sour cream with eggs and vanilla, then pour into brown, buttery, beery mixture, and finally whisk in flour and baking soda. Make sure flour is integrated.Pour cake batter into greased and lined pan, and bake for 45 mins to an hour (check at 45 mins for doneness). 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. Place cream cheese and confectioners' sugar into a mixing bowl and beat until smooth. 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. Yields about 12 slices.
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