Chocolate Stout Cake

This is the recipe I used for my chocolate stout birthday cake. It is a moist, versatile dark chocolate cake. The addition of stout gives the cake a slightly pleasant bitter, beery flavor.

Chocolate Stout Cake

4 cups granulated (white) sugar

3 ½ cups all-purpose (plain) flour

1 ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder

4 teaspoons baking soda

2 teaspoons baking powder

2 teaspoons salt

2 teaspoons instant coffee

1 cup buttermilk

3 cups stout beer

1 cup canola oil

4 large eggs

4 teaspoons vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 350◦F and grease four 8-inch round baking pans.

In a large bowl, sift together the sugar, flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and coffee.

Make a well in the center.

In a separate bowl, whisk together milk, beer, oil, eggs, and vanilla;

Add wet ingredients to dry, and beat until well combined. This will form a smooth, thin batter.

Pour batter into prepared pans.

Bake 30-35 minutes until a wooden toothpick inserted into the center of the cakes comes out clean. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes, then remove from pans to a wire rack to cool completely before

icing.