Tools
- Kitchen Machines: Stand mixers (e.g. Cooking Chef, or hand blenders
- Accessories and Attachments: K beater, whisk tool
Layered Chocolate Cake
A versatile chocolate celebration cake and perfect as an alternative to Christmas cake too
Stout and Chocolate Cupcakes
| Serves: 12 | Recipe course: Cakes, Cupcakes & Muffins | Total time (min.): 25 | Complexity (1 to 3): 1 |
These rich and delicious cakes are topped with a light cream cheese frosting.
Ingredients
Ingredients 1
Stout 250 ml
Unsalted butter 250 grams
Cocoa powder 75 grams
Caster sugar 400 grams
Ingredients 2
Sour cream 150 grams
Eggs 2
Vanilla extract 1 tbsp.
Ingredients 3
Plain flour 275 grams
Bicarbonate of soda 2 1/2 tsp.
Ingredients 4
Cream cheese 300 grams
Icing sugar 150 grams
Whipping cream 125 ml
Method
Prep. (Before you begin)
Melt the butter.
Getting started
1 - Fit the K beater to the machine.
2 - Pre heat the oven to 180ºC.
3 - Line the cupcake tin with cupcake cases.
Stage 1
1 - Add Ingredients 1 (stout, butter, cocoa powder, caster sugar) into the Mixer bowl.
2 - Attach the Mixer bowl to the machine and fit the splash guard.
3 - Mix on speed 1 for 2 minutes.
Stage 2
1 - Add Ingredients 2 (sour cream, eggs, vanilla) to the bowl.
2 - Mix on speed 2 for 1 minute.
Stage 3
1 - Add Ingredients 3 (flour, bicarbonate of soda) into the bowl.
2 - Mix on speed 2 for 1 minute.
3 - Evenly spoon the batter into the cupcake cases.
4 - Bake for 15 minutes at 180ºC.
5 - Leave to cool on a wire rack.
Stage 4
1 - Retrieve, clean the Mixer bowl and fit the Whisk tool.
2 - Add Ingredients 3 (cream cheese, icing sugar, cream) into the Mixer bowl.
3 - Attach the Mixer bowl to the machine and fit the splash guard.
4 - Mix on speed 5 for 1 minute.
5 - Spoon the icing onto the cakes.
6 - Serve.
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