5 Beer-Based Desserts You’ll Want to Make ASAP
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Each and every one of us has a good excuse to be totally stressed out right now. Whatever the reason, we’re here to help you with beer and dessert. Not as separate items, but combined together—which is kind of like gaining a superpower. So get your apron on and get cooking—here’s five ways to ease your pain:
1. Chocolate Guinness Beer Cake
Love chocolate? Of course you do. You’re lucky, because chocolate goes really well with dark beers—and with stout most particularly. In this recipe for chocolate Guinness beer cake the three magical ingredients of chocolate, beer and sugar unite to create a cake that gives a lot more than it takes. If you like to experiment with recipes, try different coffee varieties or other dark beers in the recipe without altering the proportions.
2. Beer Ice Cream
You’ve never made beer ice cream Nothing’s better than a two-scoop beer ice cream cone drizzled with bittersweet chocolate sauce then topped with wet walnuts. This recipe offers information on using different beers for different flavor profiles. It really doesn’t matter whether the weather says “beach” or “blizzard”—any celebration will have that added bit of sophistication when finished with a beer ice cream cone.