Spooks Ale Cake

Serves 10-12

 

Ingredients for the sponge

 

340g Self Raising Flour

200g Caster Sugar

200g Unsalted Butter

2 Eggs

150ml Spooks Ale

1tsp Vanilla Extract

50g Dark Chocolate  

 

For the icing

 

40g Icing Sugar

100ml Sour Cream

1tsp Vanilla Bean Paste

 

Method

 

Grease and line a 23cm/9inch spring form tin. Preheat the oven to180C. 

 

In a freestanding mixer, beat the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.

 

To a jug add the eggs and vanilla. Whisk together with a fork and then weigh and sift the flour. Add in thirds starting with the wet ingredients. Once the batter has come together add the ale and mix in. 

 

Melt the chocolate then pour into the batter, stir until mixed.

 

Spread evenly into the tin and place in the oven for 40 minutes.

 

Remove from the oven and leave to cool completely in the tin.

 

Once cooled place on a plate or cake stand.

 

Place icing sugar, sour cream and vanilla bean paste in a small jug, mix thoroughly. Spread evenly across the top of the cake, then to finish grate lemon zest all over.