Chocolate-Orange Guinness Cake

Ingredients

275g (10oz) Self-Raising Flour
225g (8oz) Butter, room temperature
225g (8oz) Soft Dark Brown Sugar
150ml (¼ pint) Guinness
4 Eggs
2 tbsp Cocoa
1 tsp Baking Powder
1 pinch Salt
Grated rind of 1 Orange
Icing
225g (8oz) Icing sugar
110g (4oz) Butter
Orange


How to make

Preheat oven to 190°C: 375°F: Gas 5.
Grease / or use None-Stick 2 8-9-inch cake tins.
Cream the butter and sugar until light, sift the flour, baking powder, salt and cocoa into a bowl.
Add the orange rind to the mixture, beating well.
Carefully fold in the Guinness, blend thoroughly without over-beating.
Divide the mixture between the tins, smooth down, and place the cakes into the centre of the oven.
Bake for 35-40 minutes, or until the cakes are springy to the touch and have shrunk slightly in the tins.
Turn out and cool on a wire rack.
Cream the softened butter and icing sugar together thoroughly, then blend in the grated orange rind and enough juice to make an icing that is soft enough to spread.
When the cakes are cold, use half the icing to sandwich them together, and spread the rest on top.

Delicious at tea time !

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