Nigella Lawson's chocolate Guinness cake recipe
A Nigella Lawson classic, this chocolate Guinness cake is a perfect mixture of stout and rich chocolate flavour. Presenting this at your Coffee Morning will surely raise the bar for other baked goods.
Key information
Preparation time: 30 minutes
Cooking time: 45 - 60 minutes
Serves: 12
Recipe difficulty rating: Medium
Allergens: Remember to provide a list of potential allergens for each item served at your Coffee Morning event so people can clearly see what ingredients they contain. You can use our cake labels, but make sure you write clearly in block capitals and black ink.
Ingredients
For the cake
250ml Guinness
250g Unsalted butter
75g Cocoa powder
400g Caster sugar
150ml Sour cream
2 Large free range eggs
1 tbsp Vanilla extract
275g Plain flour
2½ tsp Bicarbonate of soda
For the icing
300g Cream cheese
150g Icing sugar
2 tsp Cornflour
125ml Double cream (or whipping cream)
How to prepare Nigella's chocolate Guinness cake
- Preheat the oven to gas mark 4/180°C/160°C Fan/350ºF, and line a 23cm /9-inch springform tin.
- Pour the Guinness into a large saucepan, add the butter and heat until melted, then whisk in the cocoa and sugar.
- Beat the sour cream with the eggs and vanilla and then pour into the pan and finally whisk in the flour and bicarbonate of soda.
- Pour the cake batter into the greased and lined tin and bake for 45 minutes to an hour. Leave to cool completely in the tin on a cooling rack.
- For the icing, whip the cream cheese until smooth, sieve over the icing sugar and cornflour and then beat to combine.
- If using double cream, add it and beat until you have a spreadable consistency. If using whipping cream, whisk into soft peaks, then add roughly a quarter into the cream cheese mixture and once this is combined, fold in the rest.
- Ice the top of the cake and voila, you have a showstopper Guinness cake for your guests to enjoy.
Copyright © Nigella Lawson 2004. From FEAST: FOOD THAT CELEBRATES LIFE by Nigella Lawson, published by Chatto & Windus at £30