Intense Guinness Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Icing and Fine Sea Salt

Name: Intense Guinness Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Icing and Fine Sea Salt
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: Serves 8–10
Ingredients: 250 ml (9 fl oz) Guinness; 125 g (4½ oz) unsalted butter; 2 eggs; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 275 g (9¾ oz) plain (all-purpose) flour; 1 teaspoon natural vanilla extract; 150 g (5½ fl oz) crème fraîche; 75 g (2½ oz) unsalted butter; 1 pinch fine sea salt; 350 g (12 oz) caster (superfine) sugar; 175 g (6 oz) good quality dark chocolate; 125 g (4½ oz) lightly salted butter; 75 g (2½ oz ⅔ cup) unsweetened cocoa powder

Preparation info

Serves
8–10

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr 30

Appears in

100 Desserts to Die For

By Trish Deseine

Published 2016

About

Here I offer a variation on the traditional cream cheese icing and its tartness with a recipe that is reminiscent of the head on a glass of Guinness: an all-chocolate cake with an intense flavour that is further accentuated by a few crystals of fine sea salt.

Ingredients

For the cake:

125 g (4½ oz) unsalted butter
125 g (4½

Cake
Dessert
Microwave
Vegetarian

Method

MAKE THE CAKE. Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F/Gas 4). Place the butters and beer in a saucepan over a low heat. Sift over the cocoa and gently stir. Once the butter has melted, let the mixture cool for 5–10 minutes.

BEAT THE EGGS, CRÈME FRAÎCHE AND VANILLA EXTRACT T