Guinness Chocolate Gingerbread Cake
Are you in search of a Valentine’s Day dessert with a twist?
How about an authentic St. Patrick’s Dale celebration dessert?
Guinness Chocolate Gingerbread Cake is perfect for both celebrations.
It has just the right amount of deliciousness to launch that arrow; to satisfy a hungry heart. And on the St. Patrick’s Day front, well, it’s made with Guinness stout.
What makes Guinness Chocolate Gingerbread Cake so perfect?
This cake is full of love and warmth and enough flavour to stop you in your tracks. You’ll take notice of this cake and you might even sneak away with the leftovers.
Be pleased that the recipe makes a good sized cake and that one can of Guinness is enough for two batches. Please don’t shy away from the amount of ground ginger called for. It works, it really does. Trust us!
Guinness Chocolate Gingerbread Cake
You’ll be smitten with this Guinness chocolate gingerbread cake, a smoulderingly delicious Valentine’s dessert full of heart-stopping warmth and flavour.
- Yield: 8–10 1x
- Category: Cakes
Ingredients
- 1 cup stout beer (or other dark beer)
- 1 cup Crosby’s Fancy Molasses
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 2 cups flour (spooned into the cup, not scooped)
- 1/4 cup cocoa
- 2 Tbsp. ground ginger
- 1 ½ tsp. cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp. ground cloves
- 1/2 tsp. freshly grated nutmeg
- 1 ½ tsp. baking powder
- 3 large eggs
- 1 ¼ cup packed brown sugar
- 3/4 cup white sugar
- 3/4 cup grape seed or canola oil
Instructions
- Pour beer and molasses into a saucepan and bring to a boil. Remove from heat, stir in baking soda. Let cool. (Mixture will bubble up so ensure your pot is large enough).
- Once the beer-and-molasses mixture has cooled sufficiently, preheat oven to 350 F and prepare remaining ingredients.
- Butter and flour a large tube or bundt pan.
- Sift together dry ingredients.
- Break eggs into a large mixing bowl and whisk well. Whisk in sugars and oil, followed by the beer and molasses mixture.
- Whisk in flour and spice mixture. Batter will be runny.
- Pour batter into prepared pan and bake in preheated oven for 55 to 65 minutes. The cake is done when a toothpick or cake tester inserted into the centre comes out clean.
- Cool cake in pan for about 10 minutes, then invert onto a rack, lift off the pan and cool cake completely.
- Dust with icing sugar before serving.
We have other gingerbread recipes for hungry Valentines. Try Soaked ginger cake.
Jan Irvine
I know that this sounds like heresy, but is it possible to make this cake with a substitute for the beer? Coca Cola, maybe?
Apologies in advance!
Crosby Molasses
Hello Jan, we have never tested this recipe with Coca Cola. If you give it a try, let us know. Keep in mind at Coca Cola contains a lot of sugar. -Marie from Crosby’s Kitchen
Tammy
Absolutely delicious, I make it every St Patricks Day! so moist and so good. Simply the Best!
Elva
I have tried this cake a couple times, and although it is delicious, I have trouble with it falling around the cone of the bunt pan. Can you tell me what I’m doing wrong? Thanks .
Anne Grayson
Love your recipes, could you answer a question for me. I was wondering why the stores are not carrying your molasses, no large containers. If your lucky enough to get they are only the small sizes . Thank You !
Valerie Bertrand
Hi, wondering if this cake could be made using gluten free flour. My granddaughter is gluten free and loves gingerbread but unfortunately she can not eat it now.
Valerie
Crosby Molasses
Hi Valerie,
We have never tried this recipe with gluten free flour but if you give it a try, let us know. It should probably work well.
AJ
Does it freeze well?
Crosby Molasses
Hi AJ, I haven’t ever frozen this cake since it lasts well on the counter. However, I have no reason to think it wouldn’t freeze well if wrapped tightly.
Suzanne Brash
I have tried a couple of your muffin recipes, and they are amazing. Cannot wait to try this one!?
Kelly
I just made this cake for my husband’s birthday. It was absolutely delicious – so rich, tasty and moist. Served it with a dollop of whipped cream. I’ll be keeping this recipe!
Crosby Molasses
Hi Kelly, I’m so pleased you enjoyed the recipe!
Jacklyn
This beats my Ginger Bread recipe hands down. Ginger Bread is a winter staple.
My mom used to make one with what she called a Hard Sauce and ever since I got all of her recipes I’ve been trying to find it with no luck. All I remember is that it was so sweet and a little went a long way.
Crosby Molasses
Hi Jacklyn, Hard sauce would be so great with this gingerbread. I’ll have to get my mom’s hard sauce recipe — she makes it every year to go with the plum pudding.
Sonja Hansen
Will you make the hard sauce recipe available to the rest of us? My grandmother always used it on her suet pudding for Christmas dinner. Yum.
Andrea Payne
Excellent cake…quite delicious…will make it again!
Dale Marks
I am going to try these recipes.They look so good.Than you.
Crosby Molasses
Hi Dale, I hope you enjoy them!