Eskort - Bacon & Beer Chocolate Cake With Vanilla Cream

Ingredients

• 200g Eskort Minced Bacon
• 1 cup dark ale beer
• 1 cup butter
• ½ cup cocoa powder
• 2 cups castor sugar
• ½ cup nkomazi
• 3 large eggs
• 1 tbs vanilla
• 2 cups cake flour
• 2 ½ tsp baking powder
• 1 cup mascarpone cheese
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 2 cups icing sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• seeds from one vanilla pod (optional)
• 1 ½ cup dark chocolate, chopped
• 1 cup cream