Chocolate Waffles with Whipped Cream and Guinness-Caramel Sauce

Name: Chocolate Waffles with Whipped Cream and Guinness-Caramel Sauce
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons baking powder; 400 ml (14 fl oz) full-cream (whole) milk (or buttermilk); 3 tablespoons crème fraîche or mascarpone cheese; 50 g (1¾ oz) caster (superfine) sugar; 225 g (8 oz) plain (all-purpose) flour; 125 ml (4 fl oz/½ cup) Guinness; 40 g (1½ oz/⅓ cup) unsweetened cocoa powder; 2 egg yolks; 75 g (2½ oz) unsalted butter, softened; 100 g (3½ oz) dark chocolate, finely grated; 1 pinch salt; 100 g (3½ oz) soft brown sugar (vergeoise sugar or, if you can’t find it, demerara sugar); 3 egg whites; 125 g (4½ oz) unsalted butter, melted

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
20 min

Appears in

100 Desserts to Die For

By Trish Deseine

Published 2016

About

A dessert that’s creamy, crunchy and chocolatey all at the same time, with deep colours and malty aromas.

Ingredients

For the caramel:

225 g (8 oz) plain (all-purpose) flour
40 g (1½

Dessert
Breakfast
Vegetarian

Method

SIFT THE FLOUR, COCOA AND BAKING POWDER INTO A MIXING BOWL, THEN ADD THE SUGAR, SALT AND CHOCOLATE. In another mixing bowl, beat the egg yolks with the milk, then pour them over the previous mixture, beating at the same time. Still beating, add the butter. If the batter seems too thick at this point, you can add a little more milk.

IN ANOTHER MIXING BOWL, BEAT THE EGG WHITES T