Stout Chocolate Cake

Name: Stout Chocolate Cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 2 h 50 min
Yield: Makes 10 servings
Ingredients: ½ cup butter, softened; 1 cup sugar; 1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar; 3 large eggs; 1 tablespoon vanilla extract; 2 ¼ cups cake flour; ¾ cup cocoa powder; 1 teaspoon baking powder; ½ teaspoon baking soda; ½ teaspoon salt; ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 (11.2- to 12-ounce) bottle dark beer or stout; Chocolate Ganache Frosting; Cream Cheese Frosting; Garnish: milk, semisweet, or dark chocolate curls

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Stout Chocolate Cake isn't referring to the size of the cake but the flavoring—a bottle of dark beer is stirred into the batter. A good chocolate stout cake should be rich, nutty, and dark, but not too overpowering, and this cake is exactly that.

By Julia Dowling Rutland

Recipe by Coastal Living October 2013

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