Chocolate Stout Cake with Vanilla Bean Frosting - TASTE of the Seacoast

Ingredients

• 1½ cups chocolate stout
• ½ cup strong black coffee
• 2 cups (4 sticks) unsalted butter
• 1½ cups Valhrona cocoa powder
• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• 4 cups sugar
• 1 tablespoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt or to taste
• 4 eggs
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup plain yogurt
• 1¾ cups (3½ sticks) unsalted butter, softened
• 3 to 4 cups sifted confectioners’ sugar
• 3 tablespoons milk
• 1 tablespoon vanilla bean paste or scraped seeds from 1 vanilla bean
• pinch salt