Chocolate Guinness Cake!
And, YES, it tastes as good as it looks! I made this for our annual St. Patrick's feast we hosted this past Sunday. Super easy, super yummy. The recipe is from the domestic goddess, Nigella Lawson (though I actually used this one, because I'm
I wish I had a picture of the rest of the feast (which included soda bread, corned beef, colcannon, pan-roasted carrots, festive green fruit salad, and roasted brussels sprouts and horseradish), but I got distracted and didn't manage to get one.
One thing I learned: corning an already corned beef = crazy, overpowering corned beef flavor. But at least it was edible (I was a little concerned we'd be ordering pizza). Next time though, I will definitely make the effort to find a plain brisket to start with (my regular grocery store doesn't carry beef brisket of the non-corned variety).
Another thing I learned: hosting a big ol' feast when 35 weeks pregnant is maybe not such a brilliant plan (and I've been suffering for it these last few days). But, it was still a lot of fun!
Wow, I am impressed! I don't think I could have done that when I was 35 weeks.
ReplyDeleteI hope you are feeling better today.
ReplyDeleteBoy, what a feast you created and the cake does look yummy and it looks so pretty on the cake stand.
If the recipe was in metrics I would be having a very hard time too.
What a beautiful cake and great celebration! St. Patrick's Day is my birthday and my husband's name is Patrick(and he's a saint!), so we love that day!
ReplyDeleteHope you are feeling better and we can't wait to see the new baby and find out whether it's a boy or girl!
35 weeks already?? How exciting!!!!
ReplyDeleteSorry I'm a little late with this, but I just wanted to state for the record, that cake was DELICIOUS!!!! And Vada asked for carrots for dinner the next night - a minor miracle!
ReplyDeleteSounds like the perfect St. Patrick's Day. I will have to remember that cake for next year.
ReplyDeleteI admit I was a little weary of the double-corning, but I'm glad it was edible. Just let me know next time if you need me to ship you a "real" brisket! ;-) I'm going to have to check out Madame Nigella's cake recipe . . . my Guinness cake recipe is 3-layers with a ganache frosting, and while that's cool for someone who's a chocoholic, I think I'd like this one better . . .
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