Chocolate Porter Cake
- 1 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 3/4 cup flour
- 3/4 cup cocoa
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/2 cup canola oil
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cup hot porter
- 1 pint of whipped cream
- 8 oz dark chocolate
- chocolate shavings
- Pre-heat oven to 350. Sift flour, soda, salt, baking powder, cocoa, set aside. In mixer add eggs, sugar, milk, oil, vanilla, beat at low speed for 3 min, add hot porter. Mixture will be thin. Bake in Bundt pan for 50-55 min.
- Cool 20 minutes, remove from pan and place on plate. To serve I make a chocolate ganache from equal parts of chocolate and hot cream mixed together. Slice cake, place on plate, top with 2-3 tbl spoons of ganache, followed by a dollop of whip cream and dark chocolate shavings
sugar, flour, cocoa, salt, baking soda, baking powder, eggs, milk, canola oil, vanilla, porter, cream, chocolate, chocolate shavings
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/chocolate-porter-cake-1210700 (may not work)