Chocolate Guinness Cake

In the spirit of St. Patrick's Day, I tried out this recipe that I found online. So use your leftover Guinness and try it out:

Ingredients
1 cup Guinness
1/2 cup butter, cubed
2 cups sugar
3/4 cup baking cocoa
2 eggs, beaten
2/3 cup sour cream
3 tsp vanilla
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp baking soda

Topping:
1 package (8 oz) cream cheese, softened
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1/2 cup heavy whipping cream

Directions
1. Grease 9-in springform pan and line the bottom with parchment paper; set aside.
2. In a small saucepan, heat beer and butter until butter is melted. 
3. Remove from the heat; whisk in sugar and cocoa until blended. 
4. Combine the eggs, sour cream and vanilla; whisk into beer mixture.
5. Combine flour and baking soda; whisk into beer mixture until smooth.
6.  Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 45-50 minutes or until toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool completely in pan on a wire rack. Remove sides of pan.
7. In a large bowl, beat cream cheese until fluffy.
8. Add powdered sugar and cream. Beat until smooth (do not over-beat).
9. Remove cake from the pan and place on a platter or cake stand.
10. Ice top of cake so that it resembles a frothy pint of beer. Refrigerate leftovers.


Emily's Thoughts
This recipe was fairly easy and delicious. A bunch of my friends tried it and liked it. And I don't own a springform pan, so I just used a round 9-in cake pan. This worked out just fine because I greased it really well before pouring the batter into it. After taking the cake out of the oven, I used a knife to cut around the edges and then let the cake cool in the pan on a wire rack before removing it from the pan. 

Credit for this recipe goes to Taste of Home.