Flexitarian Food

Baking with Guinness may sound strange, but it actually goes really well with chocolate. It provides an additional depth of flavor that adds a slight bitterness to an otherwise ordinary cake. Here, in lieu of a sweet frosting, I’ve opted for a raspberry jam to add some sweetness and fruitiness. I adapted this from a Dave Lieberman cupcake recipe.

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 bottle Guinness
• 1 stick melted butter, cooled slightly
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 3 eggs
• 3/4 cup sour cream (I used low-fat)
• raspberry jam for filling and powdered sugar for dusting

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350. Butter and flour a 9×13 cake pan.
2. In a large bowl, whisk together the cocoa, sugar, flour, baking soda, and salt.
3. With an electric mixer, mix together the beer, butter, and vanilla. Add the eggs one at a time and sour cream. Mix until well combined.
4. Mix the dry ingredients into the wet.
5. Add batter to cake pan.
6. Bake for 35-40 minutes until fork come out clean.
7. Cool and serve with jam and dust with powdered sugar.