Meganr’s Guinness Cake

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It’s fine to enjoy a specialhigh calorie treat every now and then. The great thing is to know the caloriesand serve a measured amount. Most 8 inch cakes serve 8, so with calorie counters in mind, I've set the nutrition facts for 10 servings. If you make the icing in the photo, you will need to adjust your calories way up! The nutrition facts for this awesome cake weremade at Calorie Count!

With icing instead of confectioners sugar

 Meganr’s Guinness Cake
Ingredients:
¾ cup Guinness (or otherstout)10 tablespoons butter (1stick plus 2 tbsp)½ cup cocoa powder1 1/3 cups all purpose flour1 1/3 cups sugar1 teaspoon baking soda½ teaspoon salt1 large whole egg plus 1 yolk2/3 cup sour creamconfectioners’ sugar fordusting
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 F.
Butter 8 inch round cakepan.  Line with parchment or wax paper,then butter paper.
Bring stout and 10 T butterto a simmer in heavy saucepan over medium heat. Add cocoa; whisk until smooth.  Coolslightly.
Whisk flour, sugar bakingsoda and salt in large bowl and mix well; set aside.
Beat egg, yolk and sour creamwith electric mixer in another large bowl. 
Add stout-chocolate mixtureto egg mixture, and beat to combine.
Add flour mixture and beat 30seconds on slowest speed. 
Fold batter using rubberspatula until completely combined; pour into prepared pan.
Bake about 50 to 55 minutesor until tester inserted into center of cake comes out clean.  Leave the cake in the pan, but place it on arack to cool 10 minutes.  Run small sharpknife around edge of cake to loosen and turn cake out onto rack; coolcompletely.
Sift confectioners’ sugarover top, transfer to platter and serve.