Chocolate Stout Cake with Salted Pretzel Crunch
Rich, indulgent and surprisingly easy to make, this cake is the ultimate way to finish a special Father’s Day meal. The stout enhances the chocolate flavour, creating a moist, deeply flavoured cake topped with tangy cream cheese frosting and a crunchy salted pretzel finish.
How long will it take?
1 ½ hours
What’s the serving size?
Serves 10
What do I need?
For the Cake
- 375 mL stout beer
- 250 g unsalted butter, chopped
- 75 g cocoa powder
- 300 g caster sugar
- 200 g brown sugar
- 250 g plain flour
- 2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- ½ tsp sea salt
- 2 large eggs
- 180 mL sour cream
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
For the Frosting
- 200 g cream cheese, softened
- 75 g unsalted butter, softened
- 250 g icing sugar, sifted
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 250 g mini salted pretzels
