Rich Devil’s food cake, soaked with Guinness and condensed milk and frosted with whipped mascarpone frosting. Hello St.Patrick’s Day!!!
I have never made a poke cake and after seeing them on Pinterest i figured why not make one. A poke cake starts off with a baked cake, then holes are made in it using a straw , followed by a sauce or pudding poured over it so it seeps into the holes and finally frosted with a whipped frosting.
This poke cake started off with a baked Devil’s food cake. The cake has both cocoa powder and melted chocolate in it, very chocolatey. Devil’s food cake is simply beautiful, with a moist tender crumb. The recipe is quick and easy.
For the filling I mixed together condensed milk and Guinness. I mixed together half a can of condensed milk and a quarter cup guinness for the filling. I used 3/4 of the mixture for the cake. Pour more of the mixture over the cake if you want. Or enjoy the rest of the mixture as a drink splashed over ice. I may not like Guinness on it own, but Guinness mixed with condensed milk is yummy. Poke holes in the cake and pour the filling over the cake. I used a straw to make the holes.
For the frosting I whipped together luxurious mascarpone cheese with double cream for about 2 minutes until it thick like firmly whipped cream. The mascarpone frosting was spread over the devil’s food cake and sprinkled with chocolate shaving.
Best of all it is an easy and simple cake to make. Plus it is absolutely moist and delicious. Make this for a St Patrick’s Day celebration or just make cos you want to.
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Ingredients
- 120g (1/2 cup) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 240g (11/3 cup) light brown sugar
- 50g semi sweet chocolate, chopped
- 90g cocoa powder
- 120ml (1/2 cup) boiling water
- 2 eggs
- 120ml (1/2 cup) buttermilk
- 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- 160g (11/3 cup) self raising flour
- 198g (7.5 ounces) condensed milk
- 60ml Guinness drink
- 250g (1 cup) mascarpone cheese
- 240ml(1 cup) double cream
- 50g (1/2 cup) icing sugar
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 190 degrees celcius. Grease the base of an 8 inch square baking dish.
In a jug or deep bowl combine the chopped chocolate, cocoa and boiling water and whisk until smooth.
Sift the flour and bicarbonate of soda and set aside.
Cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes.
Beat in vanilla extract and the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Add the melted chocolate mixture into the mixture and beat until well blended.
With the speed of the mixer on low, add half the flour mixture, then the buttermilk and the rest of the flour mixture.
Pour the mixture into the baking dish and bake in the oven for 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the centre of the cake comes out clean.
Remove cake from oven and allow cake to cool completely.
Combine mascarpone cheese, double cream and icing sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer. Beat until thick like firmly whipped cream. Add vanilla. Cover and chill until needed. Will keep for up to 2 days.
Poke holes in cake using a straw.
Combine condensed milk and guinness and pour over cake (I used about 3/4 of the mixture),
Spread mascarpone frosting over the cake.
Sprinkle top with chocolate shavings.
Cover cake and leave to set in fridge for 2 hours.
Oh my word, this cake looks amazing!!!
Thank you Amanda 🙂
It really looks delicious, I’ll have to give it a try and make one of my own. Wish me luck 🙂
Oh my goodness, my partner would love this. You had me at whipped mascarpone but guiness poured over the cake is just crazy (crazy good).
Thank you Nicole 🙂