Nigella Lawson's Chocolate Guinness Cake

🥘 Ingredients

• Guinness
  250 ml
• all-purpose flour
  275 g
• baking soda
  2.5 tsp
• caster sugar
  400 g
• confectioners' sugar
  150 g
• cream cheese
  300 g
• heavy cream
  125 ml
• large eggs
  2
• parchment paper
• sour cream
  150 ml
• unsalted butter
  250 g
• unsweetened cocoa powder
  75 g
• vanilla extract
  1 tbsp

🍳 Cookware

• 9-inch springform pan
• large wide saucepan
• bowl
• rack
• platter

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C). Butter and line a 9-inch springform pan with parchment paper .

   parchment paper
2. 2

   Pour the Guinness into a large wide saucepan , add the unsalted butter (sliced) and heat until the butter has melted.

   Guinness: 250 ml, unsalted butter: 250 g
3. 3

   Whisk in the unsweetened cocoa powder and caster sugar .

   unsweetened cocoa powder: 75 g, caster sugar: 400 g
4. 4

   In a separate bowl , whisk the sour cream with the large eggs and vanilla extract , then pour into the beer-and-butter mixture.

   sour cream: 150 ml, large eggs: 2, vanilla extract: 1 tbsp
5. 5

   Whisk in the all-purpose flour and baking soda .

   all-purpose flour: 275 g, baking soda: 2.5 tsp
6. 6

   Pour the cake batter into the prepared pan and bake for ⏱️ 45 minutes to ⏱️ 1 hour (until a skewer comes out clean).
7. 7

   Leave to cool completely in the pan on a rack , as it is quite a damp cake.
8. 8

   To make the frosting: Lightly whip the cream cheese (room temperature) until smooth, sift over the confectioners' sugar and then whisk them together.

   cream cheese: 300 g, confectioners' sugar: 150 g
9. 9

   Add the heavy cream and whisk again until it reaches a spreadable consistency.

   heavy cream: 125 ml
10. 10

    Remove the cake from the pan and place on a platter . Ice the top of the cake so that it resembles the frothy head on a pint of Guinness.