Chocolate-Orange Guinness Cake

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Serving Size : 4 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Irish Cakes
Desserts

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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-----CAKE-----
8 ounces Butter -- room temperature
8 ounces Soft dark brown sugar
10 ounces Self-raising flour
1 teaspoon Baking powder
1 pinch Salt
2 tablespoons Cocoa (rounded T's)
Grated rind of 1 orange
4 Eggs
1/2 cup Guinness
-----ICING-----
4 ounces Butter
8 ounces Confectioners' sugar
Orange(juice -- grated rind)

Preheat oven to 375F. Grease 2 8-9-inch cake pans. Cream the butter
and sugar until light and fluffy. Sift the flour, baking powder, salt
and cocoa into a bowl. Add the orange rind to the creamed butter and
beat in the eggs, one at a time, including a spoonful of the measured
flour mixture with each one, and beating well between additions.
Gently mix in the Guinness, a tablespoonful at a time, including
another spoonful of flour with each addition. If there's any flour
left over, fold it in gently to mix; blend thoroughly without
over-beating. Divide the mixture between the tins, smooth down, and
put the cakes into the center of the preheated oven. Reduce the heat
to moderate (350F) and bake for 35-40 minutes, or until the cakes are
springy to the touch and shrinking slightly in the pans. Turn out and
cool on a wire rack.
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Meanwhile, make the icing. Cream the softened butter and icing sugar
together thoroughly, then blend in the grated orange rind and enough
juice to make an icing that is soft enough to spread. When the cakes
are cold, use half the icing to sandwich them together, and spread the
rest on top.

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