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Charity Cake 2011 Recipe

Ingredients

How to make it

  • Cake:

  • Preheat oven to 350°F, grease and line three 9" spring-form pans.
  • In a large saucepan, combine stout and coffee with the butter and bring to a simmer.
  • Stir in sugars until blended, simmer 5 minutes.
  • Add cocoa powder, whisking well until the mixture is smooth.
  • Remove from heat and cool 10 minutes.
  • In a medium bowl, whisk together flours, sugar, baking soda, and salt.
  • In another large bowl, beat eggs and sour cream together well.
  • Beat in the slightly cooled beer mixture.
  • Fold flour mixture into the batter until everything is completely combined.
  • Divide batter between pans, making one pan only “1 layer” tall (i.e. 1/5 of the batter).
  • Bake 40 minutes, then remove “shorter” cake. Bake remaining cakes about 15 minutes longer, or until a tester inserted into center of cakes comes out clean.
  • Cool completely in tins, then chill before filling and frosting.

  • Filling:

  • In a small pot, cook stout and brown sugar over low heat until reduced to 2 tbsp. Cool completely.
  • Cream together the cream cheese, shortening and butter in a large bowl until creamy.
  • Beat in the reduced stout, Godiva liqueur and vanilla, then gradually add icing sugar to your desired consistency.
  • Chill 2 hours before use, store unused portions in the refrigerator or freeze.

  • Finishing / assembly:

  • Level and slice each “tall” cake in half horizontally, to form 4 layers. Level the “short” cake.
  • Place one layer on a cake round.
  • Spread with a generous dollop of filling, top with another layer of cake.
  • Repeat until the cake is stacked See Photo. Chill until stable, about 1 hour (I found it easiest to encase it in the spring-form rings as I don’t have dowels). See Photo
  • Coat the cake in a thin layer of the remaining filling/frosting to seal in the crumbs and even the sides, chill until firm.
  • Make the ganache, allowing it to stand 10-15 minutes to thicken slightly, then pour over the cake (placed over a wire rack to let excess run through) in 2 or 3 coats, waiting 5 minutes in between each coat.
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  • ttaaccoo 12 years ago
    Lucky winner at the auction!!!! gorgeous !!!
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  • jo_jo_ba 12 years ago
    Amount Per Serving
    Calories: 755.6
    Total Fat: 43.6 g
    Cholesterol: 126.5 mg
    Sodium: 215.3 mg
    Total Carbs: 96.0 g
    Dietary Fiber: 5.9 g
    Protein: 8.7 g
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