Grammy's Kitchen · Chocolate Cake · Chocolate Guinness Cake
One of 76 chocolate cake recipes we measured
from therecipecritic.com
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 76.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 104% | 101% |
| total sugar | 250% | 232% |
| egg | 42% | 48% |
| leavener | 4% | 4% |
| salt | 2% | 2% |
| liquid | 301% | 200% |
| dairy | 151% | 117% |
| chocolate | 216% | 67% |
| flour strength | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 240 g | 1 cup Guinness stout |
| 300 g | 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar |
| 64 g | 3/4 cup cocoa powder, (not dutch process) |
| 164 g | 3/4 cup vegetable oil |
| 100 g | 2 large eggs |
| 58 g | 1/4 cup sour cream |
| 13 g | 1 tablespoon vanilla extract |
| 240 g | 2 cups all-purpose flour |
| 9 g | 2 teaspoons baking soda |
| 6 g | 1 teaspoon salt |
| 454 g | 16 ounces semi-sweet chocolate, (about 3 cups) |
| 238 g | 1 cup heavy cream |
| 120 g | 1/2 cup Guinness |
| 85 g | 6 tablespoons salted butter, (softened) |
| 300 g | 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar |
| 67 g | 4-5 tablespoons Bailey’s Irish Cream |
Method: 13 steps, published by therecipecritic.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.