SECRET-INGREDIENT DARK CHOCOLATE CAKE

Secret-Ingredient Dark Chocolate Cake image

A secret-ingredient chocolate cake guaranteed to be moist and delicious. Use your favorite frosting.

Provided by Cody Joseph Barnhart

Categories Desserts Chocolate Dessert Recipes Dark Chocolate

Time 1h20m

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 13

Ingredients

1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
1 cup Dutch-processed unsweetened cocoa powder
1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon baking powder
1 ½ cups stout beer
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon instant espresso powder
1 ½ cups white sugar
1 cup butter
2 large eggs
½ cup mayonnaise
1 (4 ounce) bar dark chocolate, chopped

Steps:

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease three 8-inch round cake pans and line bottoms with parchment paper.
Sift flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, salt, and baking powder into a large bowl.
Combine stout, vanilla extract, and espresso powder in separate bowl and stir.
Beat sugar and butter together in another bowl until creamy, scraping sides occasionally. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing after each addition. Beat in mayonnaise. Alternate adding the flour and stout mixtures, 1/3 at a time, beating after each addition. Fold in dark chocolate just until combined. Split batter between the 3 prepared pans and level out the tops.
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the cakes comes out clean, about 35 minutes. Cool in the pans for 15 minutes, then run a knife around the edge and flip onto a cooling rack. Let cool completely.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 449.8 calories, Carbohydrate 48.1 g, Cholesterol 75.6 mg, Fat 27.6 g, Fiber 3.4 g, Protein 5 g, SaturatedFat 12.1 g, Sodium 547.2 mg, Sugar 29.9 g