The recipe to make a delicious Guinness Cake at home
Updated on the day: 03/15/2021 . Each March 17 , the whole world turns green to celebrate the Saint Patrick's day , patron saint of Ireland, a festival of Christian origin that has become a massive event full of clovers and beers, which crosses the borders of the island.
Nevertheless, this St. Patrick's Day will be something different, both in Ireland and in the rest of the world . Like every year, the monuments of the world will be dyed green. But this 2021, there will be no celebration in pubs or on the street. However, the Irish Government has decided to contribute to the celebration with a online portal full of culture, art, music, theater... and with a televised event on SPF TV: "Although we can't gather in the streets for the great St. Patrick's Festival Parade this March 17, 2021, we are reformulating the way of bring to life the national parade, through a great show and inviting our audience to participate virtually and to enjoy safely from your homes until we can meet again," the festival organization explained in a statement.
With the hasgtag #YoMeQuedoEnCasa as the motto and the feeling of unity and responsibility always present, we can all contribute. And what better way to celebrate a homemade St. Patrick's Day than by baking a Guinness Cake?
Chocolate, cheese and black beer are the main ingredients of this delicacy whose recipe is explained step by step by one of the most famous pastry chefs in our country: Maria Parejo, better known as Zarina.
Zarina's Guinness Cake: irresistible
Czarina's tarts
"The first time I had Guinness Cake was on a trip to Ireland 15 years ago," says María Parejo, whom everyone knows as Zarina, a nickname that her father gave her and that in the end ended up becoming her brand.
Is a lawyer by training and a confectioner by vocation, She studied Law, but after several years working, she decided to follow her own path: “I have to admit that it was not easy, but almost 9 years later here we continue to develop and prepare what I like to do the most, which are desserts”, Zarina tells Traveler.es
And not only did she manage to make her vocation her profession, but today she is She is one of the reference figures in the sector, having earned another nickname, that of "famous confectioner", since her cakes are one of the essential ingredients of the most notorious parties.
Maria Parejo, better known as Zarina
What in her day was born with the name of Tsarina's Cakes , now it is a much bigger and more ambitious project, because in addition to cakes, it prepares catering, salty food and, as she herself says, "whatever comes my way", always betting on a home cooking and 100% natural.
As for that first Guinness Cake she tried, Zarina remembers being blown away by the taste of it, “And I loved the fact that it had beer. When I returned, an English friend of mine sent me the recipe book of Nigella Lawson , where it appeared,” she recalls.
“We started preparing it from our beginnings, about 8 years ago and today it is one of our best-selling cakes. We have two sizes of 14/16 portions or 8/10 portions ”, Zarina tells us, that next June finally she opens her physical store.
Chocolate, cheese, dark beer et voilà!
GUINNESS BEER CHOCOLATE CAKE RECIPE
When we asked Zarina to explain the Guinness Cake recipe step by step, she was more than happy to give us all recipe keys. Do not lose detail!
Ingredients of the chocolate cake with Guinness beer (14 servings):
250 grams of pastry flour (loose pastry flour).
75 grams pure cocoa powder without sugar
400 grams of sugar
3 eggs
250 grams quality butter
150 grams of liquid cream for cooking (35% MG)
250ml Guinness stout
1 Teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons and a half dessert type of baking soda (15 g.)
Frosting or coverage:
300g Philadelphia cream cheese spread
150g icing sugar
300ml of liquid cream 35% MG (to assemble)
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Elaboration:
In a saucepan the beer is heated without it boiling and once hot, throw the butter cut into pieces until it melts.
In a bowl, mix all the Dry ingredients (flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda) and in another bowl Beat the eggs, add the liquid cream and the vanilla essence. We incorporate the dry ingredients with the other mixture in three times. Mix well and pour it into a round mold to which we will have previously sprayed molds or we will have floured it.
We put in the hot oven at 170 degrees for about 50 or 55 minutes, depending on the oven. We will have to wait for the cake to cool, which is moist and has a chocolate taste without being sweet.
For the topping that mimics Guinness foam, Beat the Philadelphia cheese with the icing sugar. On the other hand, in a KA-type mounting device or with electric rods, whip the pastry cream (it must be cold so that it mounts well).
Once assembled, we incorporate the cheese mixture in an enveloping way, we put it on the cake on top and we will have our beer and chocolate cake ready.
“Warning: it creates addiction” says Zarina, that she affirms that it is "a simple cake whose result is very good".
His advice from her? "It is important use quality ingredients and follow the steps , be patient and the result will be a 10”.
Our advice?: while you prepare the Guinness Cake, you can put on the concert that the Celtic punk band, Dropkick Murphys, will broadcast live on YouTube, Instagram and Facebook Live on March 17 at 7 p.m.
Good luck everyone and Happy St. Patrick's Day!
“It is important to use quality ingredients and follow the steps, be patient and the result will be a 10”, says Zarina