Beer and Chocolate
Who says you can’t have it all?
Seriously, this makes for absolutely kickass chocolate cake.
Young’s Luxury Double Chocolate Stout
(image taken from th.omas)
Last night I made the most delightfully light, fluffy and moist chocolate cupcakes ever in preparation for salted caramel cupcakes (which eventually didn’t happen because I forgot to buy cream). This beer lends an incredible flavour to the cake – chocolatey, malty and slightly salty all at once. Beautiful.
The end result was a winner with all my guinea pigs in the office and it’s definitely going into my recipe keeper.
Beer+Choc cupcake with a triple-chocolate frosting and fleur de sel
Seriously?
Seriously.
Epicureal Epiphanies 
May 24, 2010 at 3:20 pm
Wow, I think this just might persuade me to have a beer, I normally hate it! Chocolate beer in a cupcake! That’s just genius.
May 24, 2010 at 3:41 pm
It’s awesome. This received a huge wave of compliments from my colleagues who tried it.
Nigella also has a chocolate Guinness cake that I’ve tried before. Also really good – malty, dense, fudgy and moist. But I think a chocolate beer just tops it all.
May 27, 2010 at 8:37 am
I’m glad you liked my photo of the Double Chocolate Stout. I enjoyed drinking it.
May 27, 2010 at 11:06 am
Tom, that was the best picture I could find on the net! Thanks mate.
June 1, 2010 at 2:49 am
Oh wow! If you love chocolate you should check out 360’s Double Chocolate Vodka! http://www.facebook.com/#!/video/video.php?v=466500175144 – this is the amazing cocktail recipe I found on their facebook page and tried out this weekend!
June 23, 2010 at 2:08 pm
Thanks for the link, Ashley. It does look divine! I’m gonna have to hunt for this Double Chocolate Vodka magic stuff.