Chocolate-Orange Guinness Cake

Title:
Chocolate-Orange Guinness Cake

Yield:
4 Servings

Categories:
Irish,
Cakes,
Desserts




Ingredients:




------------------------------------CAKE------------------------------------


     8 oz Butter, room temperature


     8 oz Soft dark brown sugar


    10 oz Self-raising flour


     1 ts Baking powder


     1 pn Salt


     2 tb Cocoa (rounded T's)


          Grated rind of 1 orange


     4    Eggs


   1/2 c  Guinness





-----------------------------------ICING-----------------------------------


     4 oz Butter


     8 oz Confectioners' sugar


          Orange(juice, grated rind)





 Preheat oven to 375F.  Grease 2 8-9-inch cake pans. Cream the butter and


 sugar until light and fluffy. Sift the flour, baking powder, salt and cocoa


 into a bowl. Add the orange rind to the creamed butter and beat in the


 eggs, one at a time, including a spoonful of the measured flour mixture


 with each one, and beating well between additions. Gently mix in the


 Guinness, a tablespoonful at a time, including another spoonful of flour


 with each addition.  If there's any flour left over, fold it in gently to


 mix;  blend thoroughly without over-beating. Divide the mixture between the


 tins, smooth down, and put the cakes into the center of the preheated oven.


 Reduce the heat to moderate (350F) and bake for 35-40 minutes, or until the


 cakes are springy to the touch and shrinking slightly in the pans. Turn out


 and cool on a wire rack. . Meanwhile, make the icing. Cream the softened


 butter and icing sugar together thoroughly, then blend in the grated orange


 rind and enough juice to make an icing that is soft enough to spread. When


 the cakes are cold, use half the icing to sandwich them together, and


 spread the rest on top.


 


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