Sheffield will be in luck on Saturday, that's for sure! But even if you're not based up north you'll be able to get a taste of what is on offer from Teatime Vintage with one of their favourite recipes. Retro aprons on? Check. Hair under silk scarves? Yup. Red lippy intact? Well, for now...let's bake!
Having the opportunity to host the Sheffield Vintage Fair Tea Parties is a complete thrill for us here at Teatime Vintage. Planning the menu, baking the cakes, dressing the tables, using our gorgeous vintage china collection and serving our lovely vintage-loving customers all add to the fun.
We like to use seasonal locally produced ingredients whenever possible. And so, this time round we’ll be using the last of the late Summers berries alongside the richer spicier flavours of ginger and cinnamon more representative of Autumn. Thankfully, chocolate NEVER goes out of season!
In addition to the standard tea party issue cupcakes – as lovely as they are - we will again be bringing a selection of layer cakes – elderflower and lemon drizzle, carrot and ginger, rose and pistachio - our signature mini-Victoria Sponges, and of course our retro sweet bar.
Despite not being the most traditional of tea party offerings, one cake that will definitely be making a return appearance will be the much loved Chocolate Guiness Cake. It is possibly the most dense and rich chocolate cake you will ever get the pleasure to taste, balanced out with a cream cheese topping. What’s not to love? Want to have a go at making it yourself? Marvellous. It’s easy- peasy so get your sleeves rolled up and get stuck in!
For the cake
· 250 ml Guinness
· 250 grams unsalted butter
· 75 grams cocoa powder
· 400 grams caster sugar
· 142 ml sour cream
· 2 medium eggs
· 1 tablespoon(s) vanilla extract
· 275 grams Plain flour
· 2.5 teaspoon(s) bicarbonate of soda
For the topping
· 300 grams cream cheese
· 150 grams Icing sugar
· 125 ml double cream (or whipping cream) – we always use double cream
Preheat your oven to 180 degrees celcius and butter and line (put a disc or greaseproof paper to cover the bottom of your tin) a round 23cm tin – if you have a springform tin (the ones where the bottom detaches from the sides) then your life will be much easier when you come to getting your cake out of the tin.
And that’s your cake batter made - it really is that simple!
Pour the cake batter into your prepared tin and bake for between 45 mins and an hour – I check after 45 mins by inserting a skewer (or knife) into the centre of the cake, if it comes out clean then your cake is ready. Leave to cool completely in the tin on a cooling rack. If you try to remove the cake from the tin before it is completely cool then you risk it breaking up as it is such a very moist cake.
To make the topping, whip the cream cheese unit it is creamy and smooth. Sieve the icing sugar onto the cream cheese and beat them together. Add the cream and beat again until the mixture is thick enough to spread. Spread onto the top of the cake using a pallet knife to form soft peaks so that it resembles the froth of a pint of lovely creamy Guinness.
Now pour yourself a cuppa, congratulate yourself on your baking brilliance, and enjoy a huge slab of your homebaked cake. Delicious!
Hoping to see you on Saturday at our Vintage Tea Party!
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