Ingredients (Cake):
3 squares of unsweetened chocolate
2½ cups all-purpose flour, sifted
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
¾ cup shortening
1½ cup sugar
1 tbsp orange peel, finely grated
4 eggs
1 cup GUINNESS® Original Draught
Ingredients (Icing):
4 oz bar of sweet chocolate, broken into small pieces
¾ cup water
¾ cup butter
2 tbsp blanched slivered almonds
Directions (Cake):
- Melt chocolate in a small saucepan, then cool, slightly.
- Sift together flour, salt and soda.
- Cream the shortening and sugar in a mixer until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs, one at a time, beating until light and fluffy.
- Add dry ingredients alternately with GUINNESS® to cream mixture, beating well. Stir in the chocolate.
- Place batter into 2 greased and floured 9” layered cake pans. Bake at 350° for 30 minutes or until
cake tester comes out clean. Let stand in pans for 5 minutes, then remove layers to rack and cool.
Directions (Icing):
- In the top of a double boiler over simmering water, melt the chocolate with the water, stirring often.
Remove pan from heat and stir in the butter.
- Pour warm icing over bottom layer cake, spreading evenly with a spatula. Top second layer.
Finish icing cake.
- Arrange almonds in pattern on top of cake.
- Refrigerate 2 hours or longer before serving to allow the icing to harden.
Prep time: 30 minutes
Source: Guinness Proposition 3-17 Rally Kit
