Description

Once you make this cake, every cake that you make after it will be compared to it. It is a chocolaty, moist cake that everyone will drool over. Frost the cake so that it resembles the frothy foam at the top of a draft beer.

Ingredients

• 1 c. Guinness - dark beer
• 1/2 c. butter, cubed
• 2 c. sugar
• 3/4 c. baking cocoa
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 2/3 c. sour cream
• 3 t. vanilla extract
• 2 c. all-purpose flour
• 1-1/2 t. baking soda
• Topping:
• 8 oz. package cream cheese, softened
• 1 1/2 c. powdered sugar
• 1/2 c. heavy whipping cream

Steps

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9 inch springform pan then line the bottom with parchment paper; set aside.
2. In a small saucepan, heat beer and butter until butter is melted. Remove from the heat; whisk in sugar and cocoa until blended.
3. Combine eggs, sour cream and vanilla; whisk into beer mixture.