Wheat-free chocolate and Guinness cake

Name: Wheat-free chocolate and Guinness cake
Yield: Makes 1 medium cake
Ingredients: 4 eggs, beaten; 225 g butter, plus extra for greasing; 350 g soft dark brown sugar; 400 ml guinness; 225 g dove’s farm self-raising flour; 100 g good-quality cocoa powder; 150 g dark chocolate (60% cocoa), grated

Preparation info

Makes
1
medium cake

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Mark Hix on Baking

By Mark Hix

Published 2012

About

A lovely rich cake that isn’t overly sweet because of the Guinness. I’ve made it with wheat-free self-raising flour so that it’s suitable for those with wheat allergies who still crave a little something sweet!

Ingredients

225 g butter, plus extra for greasing
350 g soft dark brown sugar
4

Dessert
Cake
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/gas mark 4. Butter and line a 24 x 6-8cm deep cake tin with greaseproof paper.

Cream the butter and sugar together in a bowl until light and fluffy, then gradually add the beaten eggs.

Mix together the Guiness and cocoa in a separate mixing bow