Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Monster Chocolate Stout Cake


I continue to whittle away at the mountain of recipes I've been wanting to try out.  ;)  At the top of the chocolate cake pile was this wonderful recipe I found over at Ryan Bakes.  I combined it with another really cool cake recipe from Completely Outnumbered.  A twofer....who could pass that up...ehehehe. 

I'm not a coffee drinker so I replaced the coffee with stout....and because I never take the conservative approach I used a LOT of stout.  I was a wee bit nervous about how the end product was going to taste, but it was amazing.  Seriously....dive face first in....amazing.

It was definitely an adult orientated flavor.  I doubt this cake would appeal greatly to the young ones between the dark chocolate glaze and stout.  I actually ate more cake than I intended chasing after the taste....that's my excuse and I'm totally sticking with it....ehehehehe.  A bite of this cake leads off with a lovely rush of chocolate followed by the stout....so good.

I drizzled the sweetened condensed milk over the cakes while they were still in the pans which actually made the cake bottoms quite sticky and a challenge to remove from the cake plate when serving.  Next time I think I'll flip the cakes out of the pans and drizzle from the top down.

I used candy corn and peanut butter to make my Butterfinger crumble topping instead of actual Butterfingers. Mix 1 cup candy corn and 1 cup peanut butter and heat in the microwave, stirring vigorously to create this.


Monster Chocolate Stout Cake


1 1/2 cups unsweetened cocoa powder
3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
1 tbs baking soda
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
2 cups sugar
1 cup light brown sugar
1 1/2 cups buttermilk or soured milk
3/4 cup oil
3 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cups hot stout (Guinness)


2 - 14oz cans non fat sweetened condensed milk
12oz dark chocolate chips
1 tsp vanilla
1 to 2 tbls milk
Crushed Butterfingers & Toffee Pieces (or candy of your choice)


In a large bowl mix together the cocoa powder, flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Add the sugars to this and mix together lightly.  Slowly add the buttermilk, oil, eggs, vanilla, and stout, mixing well.

Pour the batter into 3-8inch greased rounds or divide between a greased bundt and tube pan.  Bake for about 20 to 25 minutes at 350 or until cake test as done.  Let sit for 5 minutes.

Use a skewer to poke holes in the bottom of the cakes.  Slowly drizzle one can of the sweetened condensed milk over the holes so it will soak down into the cakes.  After about 30 minutes, flip cakes out of pans to finish cooling.

Stir together remaining can of sweetened condensed milk, chocolate chips, and vanilla.  Microwave, stirring frequently, until mixture is smooth and melted.  Stir in milk to thin to desired consistency.  Spoon over top of the cakes.  Top with crushed candy.  Chill to set chocolate before slicing.




44 comments:

  1. Wow! Lovely touch replacing with Stout if you don't drink coffee ;-) This looks totally AMAZING!

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  2. WOW :) another fabulous cake of yours!! It looks awesome and I bet it tastes really good :)

    Oh, and I have a blog award for you: http://angellovescooking.blogspot.com/2011/06/brownie-cake-with-dulce-de-leche.html

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  3. It looks gorgeous.. with such sweet sweet decoration!! yummy!!

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  4. crushed butterfingers/toffee on top? That's out of control tastiness! I just saw some chocolate stout ice cream that would put this over the top (as if it wasn't already!) Gorgeous. Theresa

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  5. Tha chocolate cake looks amazing, I'll bet with all that stout and buttermilk that it was super moist!

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  6. This cake sounds and looks incredible! Great idea combining butterfingers and toffee as a topping, yum!

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  7. Interesting changes to the recipe. I'm so glad it turned out well.

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  8. I am Guinness-obsessed. Can you ever really have too much?!

    Love the idea of pouring condensed milk over it. No doubt it was ridiculously moist!

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  9. Wow, using Guinness for a chocolate cake, my first time, and it looks gorgeous...

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  10. So interesting that you made little butterfingers pieces... I would have never thought to use candy corns and peanut butter! This whole thing sounds delicious, and great for a party (people would so impressed with this!) ;)

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  11. Wow. This sounds very, very interesting! This is the second stout recipe I'm seeing today. Your cake looks fabulous! Love the condensed milk topping especially!

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  12. Looks amazing, can only imagine how it tastes (I'm drooling already). My husband loves guinness and other stout beers, so this one I'm definitely saving to try out some time. Following you on blogger now! Keep the desserts coming!

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  13. I simply love the idea of this cake, very adult indeed and so rich but not sickly!... yummy stuff!@

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  14. Lucky that the recipe makes two cakes because I can't choose between butterfinger or toffee pieces. Gotta have them both. They look utterly delicious.

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  15. Oh my ... um... this is like chocolate cake heaven! I love this cake...it looks and sounds fantastic!

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  16. Wow, this looks extremely divine. Stout is a great addition to baking

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  17. This is tooo tasty .. i only wish I was leaving in your neighborhood and you could give me a bite ;)

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  18. Amazing cake!! I am drooling on my key board here!

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  19. I'm all for dive face first in desserts! Just gorgeous!!!

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  20. Oh my word, that looks amazing girl! Will you mail me a piece?? My husband would love the swap out of coffee for Guinness so I'm going to have to try that for him. The butterfinger on top is just out of control-- I'm starving now! Fantastic job!

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  21. Looks amazing! And stick to it for as long as you can!

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  22. Wow...this looks amazing....love the butterfinger topping!

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  24. Impressive!!! You are so creative, and this is one kick a** cake! Your sweets will hunt me forever!!!:)))

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  25. Kudos to you for tackling your recipes-to-try list. Mine just seems to get longer everyday because of posts like this one. Sounds like you did great with your stout substitution. It looks beautiful!

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  26. this is just gorgeous!! thank you for sharing this. and have a great day.

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  27. amazing!! this looks absolutely delicious :-)

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  28. Wow, there's no way I would have thought of stout as a sub for coffee! Outstanding :)

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  29. Candy corn and pb for butterfinger replacement? GENIOUS!!!

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  30. This cake looks beautiful and sounds incredible!!! Butterfingers are my favorite I miss them, we dont have them here in Israel! I love that you replaced the coffee with stout. What a great addition of flavor!

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  31. There are so many things I love about this cake! I think I'll be quite torn though as I love both stout and coffee and I'll somehow have to decide which to use in the cake but this looks like a winner!

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  32. Oh my goodness! this looks like a cake that's right up my alley in the dessert department! MMMM! I found your blog while blog hopping and i LOVE it! I am your newest follower and would love it if you would check out my blog and follow my blog too! Thanks!
    -Nikki
    http://chef-n-training.blogspot.com/

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  33. Beer and cake all in one place how much better can it get? Top of the dessert menu.

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  34. Wow! I love coffee but I think your version with the stout sounds amazing!

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  35. I was actually pleasantly surprised when I used stout in a chocolate cake recipe, it really did give the cake an awesome flavor. And, ahem, Butterfingers are my favorite candy so you had me there!

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  36. Gosh that monster looks mind blowing!

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  37. This cake looks wonderfull and I am sure it was so moist! The topping looks fantastic:)

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  38. Love me some cakes with alcohol in them, especially chocolate ones. Woo-hoo!!!

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  39. I want to use a quote from the Kayne, Jay-Z, Nicki Minaj song monster to say how awesome this is but the language is inappropriate.

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  40. Oh my heavens!! That. Looks. Amazing! Thanks for linking to me, btw! :)

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  41. I know nothing about beer or coffee but I have some in my fridge leftover from company so I know what Im making! lol :D

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  42. Great recipe! I love Chocolate Stout Cake! I do cake decorating as a hobby, and I have to say Chocolate Stout cake is my favorite type of cake. :)

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