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Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 3:33 pm Post subject: Christmas Cake Idea
So mrsguru usually does the majority of her yearly baking for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Usually we do pound cake and banana nut bread for Christmas, but we decided to try something different this year. She found this great recipie for Gingerbread cake where the main ingrediant is Guinness!
Yup, gotta love a cake that uses beer (especially Guinness) as the main ingrediant! We made our first cake tonight (one down, three more to go) and it was EXCELLENT! Since I know there are quite a few members of the site that also indulge in my obsession with Guinness, I wanted to share the recipie with everyone:
Prep: 15 min.; Bake: 35 min.; Cool: 1 hr., 10 min. You'll need about 2 (12-oz.) bottles stout beer for this recipe.
Yield
Makes 12 servings
Ingredients
2 (14.5-oz.) packages gingerbread cake mix
2 large eggs
2 3/4 cups stout beer, at room temperature, divided
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 (16-oz.) package powdered sugar
Garnishes: toasted pecans, rosemary sprigs
Preparation
1. Stir together gingerbread cake mix, eggs, and 2 1/2 cups stout beer in a large bowl until combined. Pour batter evenly into 2 lightly greased 8-inch square pans.
2. Bake at 350° for 35 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans on a wire rack 10 minutes. Remove from pans, and let cool on wire rack 1 hour or until completely cool.
3. Beat softened butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add powdered sugar and remaining 1/4 cup stout beer, beating until blended after each addition. Beat 1 minute or until light and fluffy.
4. Spread stout buttercream between layers and on top of cake. Garnish, if desired.
Note: For testing purposes only, we used Betty Crocker Gingerbread Cake & Cookie Mix. We used Terrapin Wake-n-Bake Coffee Oatmeal Imperial Stout at one testing and Guinness Extra Stout beer at another.
daguru's note: we used Guinness Draught instead of Extra Stout)
Joined: Feb 21, 2006 Posts: 4196 Location: Sanford, Fl
Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 5:38 am Post subject:
Dude, it even has Guinness in the icing! We tried some with icing that night, fabulous!
mrsguru is not the biggest fan of Guinness (yeah I know, it's a struggle for me, ), so she played with the recepie, cut the amount of Guinness in the cake to 2 cups (substituted milk for the missing 1/2 cup) and it still came out very good! _________________ Up or Down North, South, East, or West An Adventurer's Life is Best!
Joined: Feb 21, 2006 Posts: 4196 Location: Sanford, Fl
Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 6:54 am Post subject:
It might make it isn't the mix, but never into the pan or oven... I can see Frank begging Donna to lick the beaters, while they are still mixing! HAHAHA!!! _________________ Up or Down North, South, East, or West An Adventurer's Life is Best!
Joined: Feb 21, 2006 Posts: 4196 Location: Sanford, Fl
Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 9:05 am Post subject:
Oooh....oooh, I can see Frank with his tongue stuck between two mixer beaters, Donna calling the ambulance. Like that A1 commercial with the guy who licked the drop off the hot grill.....
Aw come on Frank, you know we all love you (well, some at least ) _________________ Up or Down North, South, East, or West An Adventurer's Life is Best!
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), so she played with the recepie, cut the amount of Guinness in the cake to 2 cups (substituted milk for the missing 1/2 cup) and it still came out very good!
The thought that any Guinness in Frank's house would ever make it in to
Now that's funny. 
