This Chocolate Guinness Stout Cake with Chocolate Ganache is a chocoholic’s DREAM!! Moist, fluffy, rich and deep chocolate Bundt cake with a sinfully delectable chocolate ganache glaze. Perfect for St. Patrick’s Day!
I realized something recently: I need a love guru.
Are there people out there who are love guru specialists? How does one become a love guru? Is there like some kind of test you have to take to become one, or do you just get numbers given to you left & right? Do you have to be a Brazilian model? I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS.
But yet… I need one. Because I’m a little rusty in the love & dating department.
I used to be so suave. I had the moves and I was about 60 pounds lighter. But now I’m like a fat clunky dork and can’t get a date to save my life. I thought I had my first date in 3 years (!!!) a month or so ago, but once I showed up, I realized it most definitely was not a date. It was a socially-awkward dude doing his homework while I talked. And he talked about how much he thought a certain A-list actor was good looking while I sat there picking at my straw in the tea I’d purchased and cursed the gods above yet again because I don’t look like Ryan Gosling. BLAST.
And now? I am a master communicator. I talk with guys on dating apps all the time. And then I ask them out, because it’s a DATING APP AND ARE WE ONLY GOING TO TALK ON TINDER FOR THE REST OF OUR EVER-LOVING LIVES OR ACTUALLY GET A DRINK? And they say, “oh yeah, maybe next weekend” and then next weekend rolls around and I ask again, and they say “oh yeah I forgot. Maybe next weekend!” and then we NEVER hang out because my friends convinced me those guys must have girlfriends or wives.
So this is where the love guru would come in: they’d weed through potential dates, select the best options, and then they’d tell me when to abort, like when a guy uses too many emojis for it to be okay, or when they only want someone to kind of talk to/flirt with but never meet. WHERE ARE YOU, LOVE GURU?
Anyway, while I’m over here getting lonely and old, I made you a cake! Specifically, a Chocolate Guinness Stout Cake with Chocolate Ganache Glaze. And OH MY GOSH IT IS SO GOOD.
This cake is so supremely moist, fluffy, tender and totally bursting with rich, deep, complex chocolate flavor. Before you roll your eyes at my descriptors, LISTEN, OKAY. The Guinness stout totally amps up the chocolate flavor, yielding a very rich depth. If a regular chocolate cake’s level is like a 5, this elevates it to like a 10. It really brings out the complexity of the cocoa and really emphasizes that richness. You don’t really taste the stout at all; it’s just a wonderful vehicle to deliver that pure, unadulterated chocolate flavor.
And of course, chocolate ganache glazes are necessary because MORE CHOCOLATE.
A little birdie told me this cake would be great for St. Patty’s Day comin’ up. Just sayin’!
*adapted from King Arthur Flour’s recipe
Chocolate Guinness Stout Cake with Chocolate Ganache
Ingredients
- FOR THE CAKE:
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter softened
- 3/4 cup cocoa powder
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2/3 cup full-fat sour cream or Greek yogurt
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 cup stout beer such as Guinness, or you may use a porter
- FOR GANACHE:
- 3/4 cup dark chocolate chips you may substitute with semi-sweet
- 1/2 cup hot heavy cream
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Liberally grease a 10-cup Bundt pan with baking spray, preferably the kind with flour in it. Set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together the butter and cocoa powder until combined; mixture may be a little lumpy. Beat in the sugar until combined, followed by the eggs, one at a time, followed by the vanilla. Beat in the sour cream, baking soda, and salt until combined. Add in one cup of the flour, mixing well, followed by 1/2 cup of the stout beer. Repeat, beating on low speed, until combined and smooth.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan and smooth out the top. Bake for approximately 35-45 minutes or until a toothpick or cake tester inserted near the center comes out clean or with moist, not wet, crumbs. Cool completely in the pan before inverting on a wire rack.
- In a medium bowl, pour the hot heavy cream over the chocolate chips. Let set for about 5 minutes, then gently stir until smooth and glossy. Pour the ganache evenly over the cake and let set, about 10 minutes, before cutting into slices.
Moist, fluffy, tender and buttery with a rich, complex chocolate flavor and a glossy & decadent ganache glaze… This is one cake recipe on this blog you do not want to miss!
Have a super sweet day!
xo, Hayley
Karen says
Omg this cake, holy YUM! As far as the dating apps, yeah don’t ask men out. And definitely don’t ask them out a second time. You’re a goddess and they need to step up their game and ask you out. If they’re not, well then they’re just looking for a pen pal and who needs that? 🙂
thedomesticrebel says
Karen, AMEN! You’re my new love guru, k?
Karen says
Hahaha, you got it! 😉
SaraLily says
Oh man I HATE that about dating/dating apps. Heaven forbid you make the first move – so what? SO WHAT? We don’t drag our feet or tiptoe and they can’t handle it. We make MOVES! I was the same and it’s like I asked these guys to jump in a volcano with me. GEEZE IT’S JUST COFFEE, CHILL OUT! I’d go on a date with you, girl! 😉
Also, this cake is chocolate-y boozy perfection – I think my father will get this for his early March birthday, yes I do!
thedomesticrebel says
SaraLily, right?! It’s so backwards and weird.
Amanda says
Please don’t beat yourself up, Haley. You are perfect the way you are–and still so young! Be happy with yourself first then other people will be attracted to you like a moth. You have so much going for you! To have this one aspect (i.e. dating) be such a down-fall for you is sad to read about. I can’t say it enough: enjoy your life now, love your body as it is, and know that you are beautiful inside and out.
thedomesticrebel says
Amanda, thanks for your kind words! Sorry I’m just seeing this now. I don’t let the dating bother me – it may seem like it when I’m writing it, but really, I’m fine being alone! 🙂 I don’t have to share anything with anyone, and I have great friends to surround myself with. <3
Kim says
This cake looks delicious! I’m not a beer drinker, but if it’s going to make my chocolate cake richer, I’m willing to give it a try! Also, I am absolutely loving that you are serving the bundt cake from a tart pan (is it weird that that was the first thing I noticed?).
thedomesticrebel says
Kim, THANKS!! I was sitting in my studio thinking, I really don’t want to put this cake on a girlie cake stand since it’s so dark and moody, haha. So I reached for my vintage tart pan and voila! Thanks for noticing – and I promise you don’t notice the beer flavor! It really deepens that chocolate flavor.
DJ Satterfield says
Made this cake last week and it was everything you described. Very moist and deep in flavor. Thank you for the recipe, it will be a keeper.
Farah says
Hey
Is there anything to replace the Beer as we dont drink:(
thedomesticrebel says
Coffee!
mary osborn says
Can this be done as two layer, 8″ round cake?
thedomesticrebel says
I don’t see why not!
Nikki says
Sounds delicious. How many 8 inch cake layers would this recipe make?
thedomesticrebel says
I’d say 2 for sure, possibly 3!
ashly says
could this be done as cupcakes?
thedomesticrebel says
Hi Ashly, I have not tried this as cupcakes but I’d imagine it’d work just fine!
ashly says
Thank you, I will give it a try this weekend. Also I just wanted to let you know that I just got into baking recently and everything I have tried of yours has gotten great feedback.
Stacy says
Today is my fourth time making this cake. It’s always a hit! I decreased the cream in my ganache to 1/3 of a cup because I wanted it to be a little thicker and not puddle at the base of the cake. Thanks for the recipe!
Elisa says
Hi there.
A cup of made room temp coffee can replace the beer?
thedomesticrebel says
Hi Elisa, yes, that would work beautifully!
Andrea says
Hi instead of sour cream/yogurt can I use mayo? Also for the yogurt is it just plain flavored or vanilla?
thedomesticrebel says
Hi Andrea, sorry for the delay in my reply. You can most likely use mayo though I have not tried that. And the yogurt would be plain.
Nan perkins says
My cake is cooling now but not right. I’d like to know what I did wrong. It just sank!, in the middle
thedomesticrebel says
Hi Nan! So sorry about your cake sinking! A couple of reasons why cakes can sink: it was overmixed; the oven door was opened too much and too much heat escaped, causing the air to sink in the cake; or it was underbaked. Hope this helps!