[Sca-cooks] Chocolate Guinness Cake (OT, OOP)

[Patrick McKinnion]

    This was sent to me by a friend.  Haven't tried it, may do so after
Westercon this weekend....

Chocolate Guinness Cake

    8 oz Butter, room temperature
    8 oz Soft dark brown sugar
    10 oz Self-raising flour
    1 t Baking powder
    1 pn Salt
    4 T Cocoa (rounded T's)
    Grated rind of 1 orange
    4 Eggs
    1 T Vanilla extract.
    1/2 c Guinness

    Glaze
    8 oz Confectioners' sugar
    Orange(juice, grated rind)
    Water
    Preheat oven to 375F.
    Grease bundt Pan.

    Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Sift the flour,
baking powder, salt and cocoa into a bowl. Add the orange rind to the
creamed butter and beat in the eggs, one at a time, including a spoonful of
the measured flour mixture with each one, and beating well between
additions. Gently mix in the Guinness, a tablespoonful at a time, including
another spoonful of flour with each addition. If there's any flour left
over, fold it in gently to mix.

    Blend thoroughly without over-beating. lightly pour mixture between in
the tin, smooth down, and put the cake into the center of the preheated
oven.

    Reduce the heat to moderate (350F) and bake for 35-40 minutes, or until
the cake is springy to the touch and shrinking slightly in the pan. Turn out
and cool on a wire rack. .

    Meanwhile, make the glaze.

    Mix powdered sugar and juice with grated orange rind. Mix to desired
consitancy. Apply to cooled cake in the desired fasion. (You can omit the
glaze and just dust with powdered sugar.)

    (Tip: This is best served Warm with a scoop of excellent Vanilla Ice
Cream. The warm earthy cake with the cold sweet ice cream made a nice and
Satisfying contrast.)