Chocolate Stout Cake Recipe | King Arthur Baking

Ingredients

• 2 cups (454g) stout or dark beer, such as Guinness
• 32 tablespoons (454g or 1 pound) unsalted butter, cold
• 1 1/2 cups (128g) Dutch-process cocoa
• 4 cups (480g) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
• 4 cups (794g) granulated sugar
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons table salt*
• 4 large eggs, at room temperature
• 3/4 cup (170g) sour cream, at room temperature
• 2 2/3 cups (454g) bittersweet chocolate wafers or semisweet chocolate wafers, chopped*
• 2 cups (454g) heavy cream
• 1 teaspoon King Arthur Pure Vanilla Extract