Our Tyne 9 chocolate cake is a treat and a half, with Firebrick Brewery's Tyne 9 ale giving it an amazing extra dimension. Tasty cake with a truly local flavour!
Tyne 9 cake is a single layer cake
Ingredients for cake mix:
250ml of Tyne 9 ale
230g of butter
75g of cocoa powder
300g of palm sugar
142ml of sour cream
2 eggs (beaten)
1tsp of vanilla extract
275g of plain flour
2 1/2 tsp of bicarbonate of soda
Ingredients for icing:
300g of cream cheese
150g of icing sugar
125ml of double cream
Method:
Pre-heat oven to 175*c/Gas mark 3
1. Place the butter and beer into a pan and heat until the butter is just melted
2. Once cool add the beaten eggs, sour cream and vanilla
3. Once mixed add the sugar and cocoa powder
4. Add the flour and bicarb and fold into the mixture
5. Once combined add the mixture to a lined 20cm/7inch round tin and bake for 45mins at 175*c/Gas mark 3 on the bottom shelf of the oven
6. Use a skewer to check the centre of the cake is baked before removing from the oven
7. Once cake is ready for icing combine the icing ingredients and smooth over the top of your cake