Guinness cake... yes, Guinness cake!

Good friend, Esther, with the 'Beast'!

So at the end of softball season, nearly four months ago now, a team-mate gave me a recipe for a delicious Chocolate Guinness Cake.

I have to be honest, when I ate it I was blown away but when I started making it I was skeptical that I had been given the correct recipe. It's a very odd, non-traditional start to a cake. The recipes originally comes from the Hummingbird Bakery Cookbook, so it's got a good reputation around it but still, I was very worried! Melting butter in simmering ale is not the best smelling thing and cake is really the last thing on your mind when doing it! However.. it works, really well! Again, like my carrot cake recipe, I'd prefer you to just take a look a the scan from the book if you'd like to try it. It is delicious and HUGE, you could easily feed a small army with this recipe and I did when I brought to a friends house party, apparently there was a lot leftover, too!