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Chocolate Guinness cake (you could make it with Beamish or Murphys!)
https://www.nigella.com/recipes/chocolate-guinness-cake
#Baking #Ireland #Cake #Stout #Beamish #Guinness #Murphys 
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Nigella.comChocolate Guinness CakeThis cake is magnificent in its damp blackness. I can't say that you can absolutely taste the stout in it, but there is certainly a resonant, ferrous tang which I happen to love. The best way of describing it is to say that it's like gingerbread without the spices.
There is enough sugar — a certain understatement here — to counter any potential bitterness of the Guinness, and although I've eaten versions of this made up like a chocolate sandwich cake, stuffed and slathered in a rich chocolate icing, I think that can take away from its dark majesty. Besides, I wanted to make a cream cheese frosting to echo the pale head that sits on top of a glass of stout. It's unconventional to add cream but it makes it frothier and lighter which I regard as aesthetically and gastronomically desirable. But it is perfectly acceptable to leave the cake un-iced: in fact, it tastes gorgeous plain.
@LiamGilmartin We went through a phase of making this (exact recipe) every few weeks and still have some in the Freezer, it's A1!!!! Contender for the GOAT.
@ciaranmak You've convinced me to have a go at it sooner rather than later.