Guinness Chocolate Layer Cake Recipe

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Guinness Chocolate Layer Cake
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Ingredients
27
Count
Nutrition
275
Calories
Total time
75
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 2/3 cup guinness stout , measure after foam has gone down
  • 1/3 cup cocoa powder
  • 2 tbsp cocoa powder
  • 3/4 cup buttermilk
  • 1 3/4 cups sugar
  • 2 tbsp sugar
  • 2 cups flour
  • 2 tbsp flour
  • cooking spray
  • 2/3 cup butter
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 1/2 cups heavy cream
  • 4 1/2 tbsp confectioners' sugar
  • 4 1/2 tbsp cocoa
  • 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • 1/8 tsp salt

Directions:

  1. Whisk all ingredients for syrup over medium heat in a saucepan until smooth and sugar has dissolved.
  2. Preheat oven to 350.
  3. For the cake, add the stout to a small saucepan, combine with 1/3 C cocoa and bring to a simmer.
  4. Remove from heat and add semisweet chocolate, stirring until melted.
  5. Add buttermilk to slightly cooled mixture.
  6. Combine 2T cocoa, 2T sugar, and 2T flour and use to coat 2 8 or 9 inch cake pans coated with cooking sprag.
  7. Beat butter until smooth, and add 1 3/4 c sugar until blended.
  8. Incorporate eggs and vanilla.
  9. Add 2 C flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt to butter mixture alternately with chocolate mixture, stirring until blended. Batter may look curdled.
  10. Pour batter into prepared pans, and bake for 25-30 minutes or until toothpick in center comes out clean.
  11. Cool in pans for 10 minutes, invert onto cooling rack.
  12. Poke holes in top of cakes with a skewer or toothpick, and spoon drizzling syrup over cakes.
  13. 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.
  14. Spread warmed jelly onto one cake (bottom layer).
  15. Cover jelly with 1/4 of bittersweet icing, place 2nd layer on top, and ice cake with remaining icing.
  16. Press Nuts into sides of cake.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 274.97 Kcal (1151 kJ)
Calories from fat 119.66 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 13.3g 20%
Cholesterol 42.58mg 14%
Sodium 382.28mg 16%
Potassium 128.12mg 3%
Total Carbs 35.99g 12%
Sugars 22.05g 88%
Dietary Fiber 1.99g 8%
Protein 4.17g 8%
Vitamin C 0.1mg 0%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 2%
Iron 1.1mg 6%
Calcium 67.5mg 7%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 333.9 Kcal (1398 kJ)
Calories from fat 145.31 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 16.15g 20%
Cholesterol 51.71mg 14%
Sodium 464.22mg 16%
Potassium 155.57mg 3%
Total Carbs 43.7g 12%
Sugars 26.77g 88%
Dietary Fiber 2.41g 8%
Protein 5.07g 8%
Vitamin C 0.2mg 0%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 2%
Iron 1.4mg 6%
Calcium 82mg 7%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 6.2
    Points
  • 8
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

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