Ingredients
Serves: 6
- 175g plain flour
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- 50g cocoa powder
- 275g dark brown soft sugar
- 110g margarine
- 2 eggs
- 200ml Mackeson stout
- For the icing and filling
- 50g plain chocolate
- 110g icing sugar, sieved
- 50g butter
- 2 tablespoons Mackeson stout
- 40g chopped walnuts
Method
Prep:15min ›
Cook:30min ›
Ready in:45min
- Preheat the oven to 180 C / Gas 4.
- Sift flour, baking powder, bicarb and cocoa together.
- Cream sugar and margarine until light, beat in eggs, then alternatively, fold in flour and 200ml Mackeson stout.
- Divide between two base lined and greased 7" sandwich tins.
- Bake for about 30 minutes until just springy.
- For the icing, melt the chocolate, then beat in the sifted icing sugar, butter and Mackeson. Use about 3/4 to sandwich the cake and the rest to ice the top and finish off with chopped walnuts.
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