Guinness Chocolate Cake With Bailey's Brown Butter Cream Cheese Frosting
  1. Preheat oven to 350F

  2. Boil 280g Guinness for 5-6 minutes until it reduces

  3. Pour 240g (1 cup) reduced Guinness into a bowl and add cocoa powder, whisking till dissolved

  4. Stream in neutral oil while whisking

  5. Add granulated sugar and brown sugar

  6. Mix in vanilla extract and eggs

  7. Combine milk and sour cream then add to wet ingredients

  8. Mix all dry ingredients (flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt) in a separate bowl

  9. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients, whisking until no lumps remain

  10. Pour evenly into 2 greased and lined 8-inch cake pans

  11. Bake at 350F for 40-50 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean

  12. Let cool in pan for 5 minutes then turn onto a wire rack and cool completely

  13. Beat together browned butter and cream cheese until smooth

  14. Add powdered sugar and combine

  15. Add Baileys Irish Cream, vanilla extract, and salt

  16. Trim the tops of each cake layer

  17. Frost the cake, leaving the sides bare to mimic a pint of Guinness

Course🍰Dessert

Diets🥕Vegetarian...

Category🎂Cake

Cuisine🇮🇪Irish

Occasions🎂Birthday🎉Celebration🎉Special Occasion

Season🔁Year-round

DifficultyMedium ⏰ 1h

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