guinness & chocolate cake

20 November 2013


On the weekend, we had some friends over for dinner and I made a Mexican feast of Guacamole, Enchiladas & Mexican street salad. As I was the chef, I snapped absolutely no photos of the dinner as I had my hands full! But we had an absolutely fantastic evening full of food, conversation & hilarious fun with Absolute Balderdash & Taboo.

I did, however, take a few photos of the dessert that I made in the morning.

Quite aptly, I was introduced to this recipe by my lovely Irish friend. Neither of us like beer, but she reassured me that the taste of the Guinness isn't detectable; it just makes the cake moist, black and very moreish. (Along with another friend, we once went on the Guinness factory tour, and turned down the pints we get for free at the end!)

Trust me on this one. It's easy to make, a little different to the traditional chocolate cake, and actually looks like a pint of Guinness with the black cake and frothy white top. Recipe here.

Oh, and there is cream cheese frosting. Enough said.










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11 comments:

  1. To The River20 November 2013 at 11:28

    If u would live near me I would know who would make my birthday cake for friday;-) (It is the only bad consequence of baking cakes well, once when people know it....;-)) Looks great! x

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    1. miho20 November 2013 at 19:15

      aw i wish i could! i hope you get a good cake on your birthday ;) x

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  2. Jane20 November 2013 at 14:50

    that looks heavenly! i'm not a huge fan of guinness either and probably wouldn't turned down the free pint! :)

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    1. miho20 November 2013 at 19:15

      i think it's an acquired taste, or so i'm told - it does look good though! x

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  3. Marla Rogers20 November 2013 at 18:30

    That looks so chocolatey and amazing! And I LOVE cream cheese frosting haha. Also I can't believe you turned down that free pint! When I was in Dublin a few years ago, my friends and I did the tour mostly for that free pint at the end haha.

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    1. miho20 November 2013 at 19:16

      haha if you had been with us you would have got all of ours!! x

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  4. jennie21 November 2013 at 15:27

    This looks SO good! Very hungry now hehe

    Jennie xo | sailorjennie.com

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    1. miho22 November 2013 at 17:33

      i'll bet you anything your boyfriend would love this! x

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  5. Rachel21 November 2013 at 16:06

    Oh, that cake looks splendid!

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  6. Emma22 November 2013 at 20:07

    Oh yum, love a good Guinness cake!

    I wish my frosting turned out as well as yours, mine always looks so sloppy!

    hmm maybe...

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