Nigella Lawson's Guinness Stout Cake

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Nigella Lawson’s Guinness Stout Cake is a deep, dark, black chocolate cake with a tang of Guinness stout that adds to its richness. For a super-dense chocolate cake everyone will love, try this for your next St. Patrick’s Day feast, or for any special occasion!

round chocolate nigella lawson guiness stout cake frosted with chocolate frosting is on a glass cake stand behind a white plate with a slice of the cake and a fork

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! I have been making all sorts of things this week with Guinness Stout, odd really, because I do not drink beer.

In addition to these Chocolate Stout Brownies I made Nigella Lawson’s Stout Cake. It is delicious! I have to say though that I disagree with Nigella, I like to have lots of frosting.

So instead of one tall cake I made layers and made my favorite Hershey’s Chocolate Frosting and in the middle I used a little leftover cream cheese frosting that I had.

You can find the recipe for the cake HERE.

Why you’ll love this Guinness Stout Cake

Deep, dark chocolatey flavor with a moist crumb
Holds up well when frosted with your favorite frosting
Great for St. Patrick’s Day (or any special occasion!)
Crowd-pleasing dessert

overhead view of a round chocolate layer cake on a glass cake stand. The cake is made with guiness stout, frosted with chocolate frosting and covered with green sprinkles

Tips & Variations

Change the frosting. I used cream cheese frosting and chocolate frosting between the layers. You can switch that up and use buttercream or chocolate buttercream.
Make a one-layer cake. Nigella’s original recipe is a one-layer cake with cream cheese frosting on top. Try that version, too!

a piece of chocolate layer cake made with guiness stout beer with cream cheese and chocolate frosting between the layers is on a white plate. Behind the plate is a chocolate frosted round layer cake

Storage

This cake can be stored, covered in a cool place for 2-4 days and refrigerated for up to five days. The unfrosted layers can be wrapped in plastic wrap and frozen for up to 3 months.