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making a guinness cake

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  • 21-04-2014 11:04pm
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    aidanki
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    have to make a cake for a leaving do, and came across this

    http://www.nigella.com/recipes/view/chocolate-guinness-cake-3086

    anyone made it ?

    sounds like 400g sugar is excessive...........

    happen to love. The best way of describing it is to say that it's like gingerbread without the spices. There is enough sugar - a certain understatement here - to counter any potential bitterness of the Guinness, and although I've eaten versions of this made up like a chocolate sandwich cake, stuffed and slathered in a rich

    anyone got any other guinness cake recipes


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    Mr. CooL ICE
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    I've made this before. Was delicious. Instructions are (overly) clear and it was tasty, but the recipe for the icing made too much IMO. I ended up discarding a lot of the icing simply because I couldn't fit any more on the cake itself.


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    aidanki
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    LordChessington wrote: »
    I've made this before. Was delicious. Instructions are (overly) clear and it was tasty, but the recipe for the icing made too much IMO. I ended up discarding a lot of the icing simply because I couldn't fit any more on the cake itself.

    that looks like what I want to do alright, anything you would do differently if you were doing it again


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    Mr. CooL ICE
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    Just make less icing :) Both the cake and the icing is lovely, but maybe add a little more cocoa than specified to the cake.

    I haven't tried it, but perhaps if I cut it in half and put the extra icing in the middle, it could have worked. But then the visual effect of a pint of guinness cake would be lost.


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    NyOmnishambles
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    aidanki wrote: »
    have to make a cake for a leaving do, and came across this

    .nigella.com/recipes/view/chocolate-guinness-cake-3086

    anyone made it ?

    sounds like 400g sugar is excessive...........

    happen to love. The best way of describing it is to say that it's like gingerbread without the spices. There is enough sugar - a certain understatement here - to counter any potential bitterness of the Guinness, and although I've eaten versions of this made up like a chocolate sandwich cake, stuffed and slathered in a rich

    anyone got any other guinness cake recipes

    I made that recipe before and it turned out lovely

    Personal preference I guess but I wouldn't be keen on the one posted above with the coffee and baileys


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