About the bake
This Guinness Cake is ideal for father's day baking as Dad is sure to love it! It's rich, moist and utterly delicious. A real winner! The classic Guinness stout flavour is not an overpowering one, just a subtle flavour matched with the sweet and creamy topping. If you're more of a chocolate fan then a chocolate buttercream might be the topping for you, although if you want the classic Guinness dark and light look then stick with the cream cheese topping.
Method
Step 1:
Preheat the oven to 180°C (160°C fan, gas mark 4). Grease and line the base of a 23cm round cake tin with baking parchment.
Step 2:
Place the butter, muscovado sugar and cocoa powder in a saucepan and heat gently until the butter has melted. Stir in the Guinness then pour into a mixing bowl.
Step 3:
Beat the sour cream into the melted mixture then beat in the eggs.
Step 4:
Stir the flour, baking powder and bicarb into the mixture then pour into the cake tin and bake for 45 mins until the mixture is risen, firm to the touch and has just begun to shrink from the sides of the tin.
Step 5:
Allow to cool for 15 minutes in the tin, then turn out and allow to cool completely.
Step 6:
To make the topping, beat the butter and cream cheese until smooth then mix in the sifted icing sugar and spread over the cake.
Ingredients
For the Cake
- 250g Unsalted butter (softened)
- 400g Billington's Unrefined Dark Muscovado Sugar
- 200ml Guinness (or dark stout beer)
- 75g Cocoa powder
- 150ml Sour cream
- 2 Large free range egg(s)
- 275g Self raising wholemeal flour
- 1 tsp Baking powder
- 1/2 tsp Bicarbonate of soda
For the Topping
- 50g Unsalted butter (softened)
- 300g Cream cheese
- 200g Silver Spoon Icing Sugar
Utensils
- Large mixing bowl
- Saucepan
- 9in deep round cake tin
- Baking parchment
Recipe Reviews
Really moist, delicious cake. I get requests to make this cake.
I’ve made this cake twice and I have found it to be an easy recipe to follow.The end result is a lovely moist cake.
Ingredients
For the Cake
- 250g Unsalted butter (softened)
- 400g Billington's Unrefined Dark Muscovado Sugar
- 200ml Guinness (or dark stout beer)
- 75g Cocoa powder
- 150ml Sour cream
- 2 Large free range egg(s)
- 275g Self raising wholemeal flour
- 1 tsp Baking powder
- 1/2 tsp Bicarbonate of soda
For the Topping
- 50g Unsalted butter (softened)
- 300g Cream cheese
- 200g Silver Spoon Icing Sugar
Utensils
- Large mixing bowl
- Saucepan
- 9in deep round cake tin
- Baking parchment