Project Description

It’s that time of the year when you receive so much wine and a few bottles of beer in Christmas packages. Since my husband and I do not drink beer, the only way to put them to good use is to bake with them. So, beer cake to the rescue.

ABOUT THE RECIPE 

I have never made a beer cake, so I had to put on my science hat. I scaled down and up some of my recipes and I finally arrived at this. 

Warning!!! For a light colored cake, make sure to use a light colored beer. Dark colored beer will give you dark cake. 

After I had figured out what measurement will produce the best beer cake, the next challenge was what additional flavor to include. Do I infuse with veggie or fruit? Lemon seemed to make a good combination in my head and I went for lemon.

Full Recipe in Details

You can choose to use the normal or reverse creaming method for this beer cake. I used the normal creaming method.

STARTING GUIDE

  • Pastry: Cake

  • Prep Time: 20 mins

  • Baking Time: 65 mins

  • Total Time: 1 hr, 25 mins

INGREDIENTS

  • 333 g Flour

  • 250 g Butter

  • 230 g – 250 g Sugar

  • 4 Eggs + 2 egg yolks

  • 120 ml Freshly opened beer

  • 40 ml Sunflower Oil

  • 3 g Salt

  • 10 g Baking powder

  • Zest of 1 lemon

  • 2 tsp Lemon or Vanilla flavor

  • For Lemon Glaze 

    • 30 ml beer
    • 2 3 Tbsp lemon juice
    • 40g sugar
    • 1 Tbsp butter
GUIDE / INSTRUCTIONS

  • Combine dry ingredients, set aside

  • Beat butter and sugar until soft, doubled in size and light in color

  • Add eggs and lemon zest. Beat to combine

  • Alternate dry ingredients and oil mixture. Add lemon flavor

  • Add beer, mix on low until smooth. Do not over mix

  • Transfer to prepared bundt pan. Bake at 150⁰ for 65 mins

  • When ready, remove from oven and let cool in pan for abut 10 minutes. Turn out on to a cake board and drizzle lemon beer glaze on cake

  • For lemon beer glaze: Put all ingredients in a pan and simmer until thickened but pourable 

Storage

Due to the little alcohol content in the beer, cake can stay fresh at room temperature for 4 days. For longer storage, wrap in cling film, sealing in an air tight container and store in freezer for up to 2 months.

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