Chocolate Stout Cake with Caramel Frosting
Updated Mar 31, 2014
Rich and decadent, this chocolate stout cake is topped with caramel frosting and beer nuts for good measure.
Chocolate Stout Cake with Caramel Frosting
- Prep Time 40 min
- Total 3 hr 20 min
- Servings 12
- Ingredients 16
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 bottle (12 oz) stout or dark beer
- 4 oz unsweetened baking chocolate, chopped
- 2 1/4 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup sour cream
- 1/4 cup butter, softened
- 1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 eggs
Frosting
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons reserved beer
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup beer nuts, chopped
Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. Grease 10-inch angel food (tube) cake pan with shortening; lightly flour. Measure 3 tablespoons beer into small bowl; set aside. In 1-quart saucepan, heat remaining beer and chocolate over low heat, stirring occasionally, until chocolate is melted. Pour into large bowl; cool to lukewarm, 20 minutes.
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Step2Add remaining cake ingredients to beer mixture. Beat with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, scraping bowl occasionally. Beat on high speed 3 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Spread in pan.
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Step3Bake 60 to 70 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 20 minutes; remove from pan to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
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Step4Meanwhile, in 2-quart saucepan over medium heat, melt 1/4 cup butter. Stir in brown sugar. Heat to boiling, stirring constantly; reduce heat to low. Boil and stir 2 minutes. Stir in 2 tablespoons beer. Heat to boiling; remove from heat. Cool to lukewarm, about 20 minutes. Stir in powdered sugar. Add additional beer, 1 teaspoon at a time until soft and spreadable. Spoon over top of cake, allowing some to run down side of cake. Sprinkle with beer nuts.
Nutrition
490
Calories
18g
Total Fat
5g
Protein
75g
Total Carbohydrate
53g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 490
- Calories from Fat
- 160
- Total Fat
- 18g
- 27%
- Saturated Fat
- 10g
- 50%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 60mg
- 20%
- Sodium
- 470mg
- 20%
- Potassium
- 170mg
- 5%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 75g
- 25%
- Dietary Fiber
- 2g
- 9%
- Sugars
- 53g
- Protein
- 5g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 8%
- 8%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 6%
- 6%
- Iron
- 15%
- 15%
Exchanges:
1 1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 3 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 3 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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