Use up that stout in this leftover vegan Guinness cake recipe, in English agus as Gaeilge! Delicious, moist and complex, it's perfectly patriotic!Leftover Stout Cake Recipe (Vegan)

INGREDIENTS

Cake

• 250g plain flour
• 120g of cocoa powder
• 2 tbsp of baking soda
• 200g of caster sugar
• 120g of light brown sugar
• 1 can (500ml) of stout
• 100g of vegan butter
• 2 tsp of apple cider vinegar
• 1 tsp of vanilla extract
• Pinch of salt

Buttercream ‘head’

• 500g of icing sugar
• 1 tsp of vanilla extract
• 6 tbsp of vegan butter
• 2 tbsp of plant milk (we recommend oat or soy) 

METHOD

• Preheat oven to 180 degrees celsius.
• Grease and line two 8-inch sandwich tins with baking paper.
• Sift flour, baking soda, cocoa powder, caster sugar, light brown sugar and salt together in a bowl.
• In a well in the centre of your dry ingredients, add your stout, softened vegan butter, vinegar and vanilla. Whisk until smooth.
• Pour into your tins and bake for 25 - 30 mins, testing with a skewer.
• Let them cool in their tins for 15 - 20 mins, then transfer to cooling rack. Place in fridge for 8 hours.
• To make your buttercream, stand mix or hand mix your butter, milk and vanilla extract together. Add icing sugar little by little until you’ve a smooth buttercream.
• Spread your icing on the top of one cake, sandwich them together and finish by topping your cake with its buttercream ‘head’

COMHÁBHAIR

Cáca

• Plúr geal (250g)
• Púdar cócó (120g)
• Sóid aráin (2 spúnóg bhoird)
• Siúcra mín (200g)
• Siúcra donn éadrom (120g)
• 1 canna (500ml) leanna dhuibh
• Im veigeánach (100g)
• Fínéagar leann úll (2 tsp)
• Úsc fanaile (1 tsp)
• Pinse salainn

‘Cloigeann’ Uachtar Ime

• Siúcra reoáin (500g)
• Úsc fanaile (1 tsp)
• Im veigeánach (6 tbsp)
• Bainne plandabhunaithe - bainne coirce nó bainne soighe ár rogha (2 tbsp) 

MODH

• Téigh an t-oigheann go 180 céim Celsius.
• Líon dhá stán bácála 8 n-orlaí le páipéar gréiscthe.
• Criathraigh plúr, sóid aráin, púdar cócó, siúcra mín, siúcra donn, agus salann le chéile i mbabhla.
• Cruthaigh poll ina lár, agus cuir an leann dubh, im veigeánach bogtha, fínéagar, agus fanaile ann. Buail go dtí go mbeidh an meascán mín.
• Doirt an t-iomlán isteach sna stáin agus bácáil ar feadh 25 - 30 nóim. Déan iad a thástáil le briogún.
• Lig dóibh fuarú sna stáin ar feadh 15 - 20 nóim, ansin bog go raca fuaraithe iad. Cuir sa gcuisneoir iad ar fad 8 n-uaire.
• Chun an t-uachtar ime a dhéanamh, measc an t-im, bainne agus úsc fanaile de lámh. Cuir úsc fanaile leis, beagán ar bheagán, go dtí go gcruthaítear uachtar mín ime.
• Leath an reoáin go cothrom ar bharr cáca amháin, cuir an cáca eile ar a bharr, agus críochnaigh do chíste le ‘cloigeann’ uachtar ime.