Guinness and Molasses Cake
Posted: February 11, 2012 Filed under: Recipes | Tags: beer, cake, frosting 13 Comments »
I never knew what to answer when asked: “what’s your favorite dessert?”. Now I do – it’s this cake.
I’ve taken my grandmother’s original Molasses Cake recipe, swapped the coffee for Guinness and added a vanilla cream cheese frosting.
Eat it hot or chilled.
Guinness and Molasses Cake
2 cups white flour
1 cup Guinness
1 cup molasses
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 egg
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking soda
a pinch of salt
Preheat the oven at 350F.
Mix the baking soda in the Guinness. Let rest for 5 minutes.
Whisk together the butter and sugar until smooth.
Add the Guinness, molasses, egg, cinnamon and salt.
Stiff in the flour a bit at a time, whisking constantly.
Butter a 8×8 mold and pour in the mixture.
Cook for 35-40 minutes. Leave to cool at leat 15 minutes before digging in.
Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting
1 package (8oz) cream cheese
1 cup sugar
1/3 cup of melted butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Mix everything together.
AWESOME combo!
Seems like a perfect Birthday/Christmas cake – warm, spicy, and nourishing because: Guinness is good for you!
je connais du monde qui vont y gouter!
That looks great! It would be yummy with a bit of ginger added too.
How about pinning your grandmother’s original recipe? I think I would like that also. I’m from New England, we like coffee everything, even coffee jello
It’s the same recipe but instead of Guinness use chilled coffee. Enjoy!
I made this tonight it turned out so amazing supper moist and flavorful. the cream cheese frosting really makes the cake delectable. when I make this cake again I think I will cut the molasses by half or use the coffee option instead.
Are your cups 240 ml or 120 ml ( you don’t say what country your based in and some countries cups are 1/2 the american cup size.)
Is white flour plain or self raising?
I used plain white flour and 240 ml cups.
if guinness is involved…i must try!
Brilliant idea! Can’t wait to make this. The cream cheese frosting is the perfect topping. Yum!
Granulated sugar or 10x for the frosting?
Granulated.