Chocolate Guinness cake from The Essential New York Times Cookbook: Classic Recipes for a New Century (page 783) by Amanda Hesser

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  • ellwell on March 19, 2026

    Fun cake for St. Pat’s celebration. Dense and chocolate-y with a scrumptious cream cheese frosting. Guinness didn’t really come thru in the taste. Flavor is good, but if you are looking for a really chocolate-forward recipe, this is not it. For me it was a conduit for the lovely frosting!

  • Frogcake on March 17, 2018

    I would describe this recipe for chocolate cake as “acceptable” but I wouldn’t make it again. I thought that the stout would impart a deeper flavour combined with the cocoa but the cake tasted flat compared to other chocolate cake recipes I’ve tried. Better with the icing but not a dramatic improvement. I did add a bit of salt (one quarter of a tsp); as well, I found the cake dry. Disappointing.

  • clkandel on July 08, 2017

    Used Chocolate Stout and less sugar - about 1 2/3 c.

  • Laurendmck on March 15, 2014

    This is Nigella Lawson's recipe in Feast, FYI.

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