Chocolate Stout Cake
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One of Valentine’s Day’s most redeeming qualities is the copious amount of chocolate you’re encouraged to consume. (Calories don’t add up on February 14, right?) But why should that one holiday have all the fun? What about St. Patrick’s Day?
Here to save us all from soggy cabbage and overdone corned beef is a chocolate cake recipe made with bitter stout beer. It goes double-duty on the good stuff (chocolate cake plus melty chocolate chunks) and gets topped off with lightly sweetened whipped cream. Luck of the Irish, indeed.
Ingredients
Cake
3 sticks butter
¾ cup stout beer
¾ cup cocoa powder
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
Pinch of salt
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
¾ cup whole milk
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1 cup chocolate chunks
Whipped Cream
1 cup heavy cream
¼ cup confectioners’ sugar
½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Directions
1. Make the Cake: Preheat the oven to 350°. Grease a 9-inch cake pan with nonstick spray, then dust with flour to coat.
2. In a medium pot, bring the butter and stout to a simmer, stirring until the butter is melted. Whisk in the cocoa powder. Cool slightly.
3. In a large bowl, whisk the flour with the baking soda, salt and sugar.
4. In a medium bowl, whisk the eggs with the milk and vanilla. Gradually add the butter mixture to the egg mixture, whisking well to combine.
5. Gradually add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, whisking until the batter is well combined and totally smooth. Gently fold in the chocolate chunks.
6. Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan. Bake until a toothpick or knife inserted into the center comes out clean (or with just a few moist crumbs), 60 to 75 minutes.
7. Let the cake cool for 30 minutes in the pan, then run a knife or spatula around the edge to loosen the cake from the pan; gently invert the cake onto a wire rack. Cool completely.
8. Make the Whipped Cream: Whip the cream to soft peaks in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment. Add the sugar and vanilla, and continue to whip until combined.
9. To serve, mound the whipped cream on top of the cake. The finished cake (before adding whipped cream) will keep for up to a week in an airtight container. With whipped cream topping, it will keep in the refrigerator for up to two days.
Cake
678 calories
36g fat
85g carbs
9g protein
51g sugars
Whipped Cream
94 calories
9g fat
4g carbs
0g protein
4g sugars
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Note: The information shown is Edamam's estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist's advice.