Guinness Chocolate
1 1/2 cups Guinness
1/4 cup cocoa
200g butter
1 3/4 cups sugar
1 eggs
3/4 cup buttermilk
3 cups flour
1 teaspoons baking soda
Pre heat the oven to 180°C
Place Guinness, cocoa, and butter into a saucepan and heat on a medium heat until the butter melts.
Place the sugar, eggs and buttermilk into a bowl and beat with and electric mixer until combined. Pour the guinness mix into the buttermilk mixture and stir until incorporated. Sift in the flour and soda and whisk until combined. Then pour into a lined 20cm round cake tin and bake for 45 minutes or until cooked.
Chocolate Ganache
300g of dark chocolate
1/2 cup of thick cream
25g butter
Place the ingredients into a bowl and place over a saucepan of water, or if you happen to have a double boiler use that, heat until the butter and chocolate melt. Let stand for 5 or 10 minutes.
To decorate cut the cake in half and fill with whipped cream and fruit of your choosing. Sandwich the cakes together then pour over the ganache and top with more fruit.
Cake recipe adapted from Nigella
