It is nearing St. Patricks Day, then it is time for Guiness Recipes

So my gal pals & I sitting around talking about recipes and I couldn't believe I didn't have any Guinness Recipes Posted! I have been experimenting with Guinness for years. Had a buddy that always brought 4 over to my house and only drank 1 - I don't drink Guiness -so I used Guinness in Baked Beans, Stews and even in cake!

Here we are saving the best for FIRST! My friend Katy (yes she is 21!!) loves cupcakes so this is adapted for her! These are dense.

Cake or Cupcakes!
Preheat Oven 350

This is rich, but basic. The Guinness (or other stouts) make it rich and dark.

MAKES (8-10 in) cake or 12 standard muffins. 6 Mondo muffins

Ingredients:
2 sticks (8 oz) unsalted butter
1/2 t baking powder
1 1/2C soft brown sugar
2 t baking soda
4 eggs, beaten
1 can stout (Guinness)
1 C all purpose flour
1/4c cocoa powder
1/2c semi sweet choco chips or other dark chocolate you may like. (melted)

Put Butter in (8-10 in) deep cake tin, or line muffin pan with butter or cupcake papers. Set aside.

Cream together the butter with the soft brown sugar.
Gradually add the beaten eggs.

Sift together the flour, baking powder and baking soda.

Melt the chocolate chips, mix in the stout with the cocoa powder.

Add the flour and stout mixes alternately to the butter and eggs until completely incorporated. It should be smooth.

For Cake:
Spoon into the prepared pan & bake in the oven for 1 to 1 1/2 hours until cake tester comes out clean.

For Cupcakes:
Spoon into cupcake/muffin pans and bake for 45-60 minutes.

Some people cover with a piece of parchment paper if they look like they may be iover browning.

Allow to cool before removing .

Cheers! I like to garnish with powdered sugar! Num, Num!

Other Variations

When you pour a glass of stout there is a foamy head on top. You can do exactly the same with this cake.

Melt 1/4 if butter and add of grated white chocolate or semi sweet or dark chocolate shavings and pour on top. If you are feeling really irish you can add 2 shots of whiskey, let cool and you have some icing ready to spread on the cupcakes or cake.

Stout Pudding:
Crumble cake and spoon into some martini glasses.
Pour half and half or cream on top, some people like to garnish with raspberries, strawberries or cherries.