CHB Baby Guinness Cake Recipe
Inspired by the delicious cocktail featuring Baileys over Kahlua, this is the most moist chocolate cake flavoured with Guinness and coffee, topped with a Baileys frosting, a brilliant bake for a celebration or Christmas!
Ingredients
120ml oil
200g plain flour
8tbsp cocoa
2tsp baking powder
1tsp bicarb
280g light brown soft sugar
200ml buttermilk
330ml Guinness reduced down to 120ml
1 shot of espresso
2 tsp Mixed spice
2 eggs
Frosting
150g soft salted butter
150g cream cheese
250g icing sugar
2 tbsp Baileys
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Method
Reduce the Guinness over a medium heat while you prepare the other ingredients.
Line 2 sandwich tins and preheat oven to 180
Whisk all dry ingredients together
In a separate bowl, whisk the wet ingredients together before combining with the reduced Guinness and then adding to the dry and combining thoroughly.
Divide between the tins and bake for 25 mins
Beat the butter and cream cheese together, before slowly adding the icing sugar and finally the baileys and vanilla
Assemble the cake and enjoy! It keeps really well as it’s so moist but never lasts very long in this house!