Рецепт Chocolate Stout Cake

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- For Cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter three 8-inch round cake pans with 2-inch-high sides. Line with parchment paper. Butter paper. Bring 2 c. stout and 2 c. butter to simmer in heavy large saucepan over medium heat. Add in cocoa pwdr and whisk till mix is smooth. Cold slightly.
- Whisk flour, sugar, baking soda, and 1 1/2 tsp. salt in large bowl to blend. Using electric mixer, beat Large eggs and lowfat sour cream in another large bowl to blend. Add in stout-chocolate mix to egg mix and beat just to combine. Add in flour mix and beat briefly on slow speed. Using rubber spatula, fold batter till completely combined.
- Divide batter equally among prepared pans. Bake cakes till tester inserted into center of cakes comes out clean, about 35 min. Transfer cakes to rack; cold 10 min. Turn cakes out onto rack and cold completely.
- For Icing: Bring cream to simmer in heavy medium saucepan. Remove from heat. Add in minced chocolate and whisk till melted and smooth. Chill till icing is spreadable, stirring frequently, about 2 hrs.
- Place 1 cake layer on plate. Spread 2/3 c. icing over. Top with second cake layer. Spread 2/3 c. icing over. Top with third cake layer. Spread remaining icing over top and sides of cake.
- This recipe yields 12 servings.
- Comments: "I am a lifelong chocoholic and have eaten many a piece of chocolate cake," writes Elizabeth Means of Williamsburg, Massachusetts. "Never before, though, have I enjoyed anything as much as the chocolate stout cake at the Barrington Brewery in nearby Great Barrington. If I could get a copy of this recipe, I would be eternally grateful."
- The dark beer known as stout gives this cake an intense, not-too-sweet flavor.