Celebrate St Patrick’s Day with Batch Lady’s chocolate Guinness cake recipe
TO celebrate St Patrick’s Day this Thursday, I’ve got a wonderful Irish recipe that freezes brilliantly – so you can enjoy some Irish delights whenever you fancy.
My chocolate Guinness cake is the ultimate baking recipe. It’s so delicious and a family favourite. Enjoy.
Chocolate Guinness cake
(Serves 12)
Preparation time: 10 minutes.
Cooking time: 60 minutes.
YOU NEED:
- 165g plain flour
- 165g caster sugar
- 240ml rapeseed oil
- 240ml Guinness
- 35g cocoa powder
- 100g sour cream
- 2 tsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 2 eggs
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- For the icing:
- 120ml double cream
- 300g full-fat cream cheese
- 75g icing sugar
METHOD: Preheat the oven to 180C/160C fan/ gas 4 and line a 9in cake tin with baking paper.
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Put all the cake ingredients – but not the icing ingredients – into a bowl, then mix with a hand-held whisk until combined, to form a smooth batter.
Pour the batter into the cake tin and cook for 45 minutes, then cover with foil to stop it cooking any more on the surface, and leave in the oven for another 15-20 minutes, until cooked through.
Remove from the oven and leave to cool in the baking tin.
Ready to freeze: Once the cake has cooled, wrap it up well in a freezer bag and transfer to your freezer.
Ready to eat: Once the cake has defrosted, mix up all the icing ingredients in a bowl and spread over the top of the cake, or slice the cake in half and spread half the icing in the middle and the rest on top. Slice and enjoy.
