Triple Guinness Bundt Cake is a rich cake made with golden raisins, currants, almonds, and, best of all, Guinness Stout added 3 ways. You know what they say, “Guinness is good for you”!
If a buttery pound cake and a fruitcake had a baby, then bathed that baby in Guinness, it would be this cake!
I got the original recipe for this cake from a lovely Irish woman I worked with at a local catering company. I made a few small changes to her original recipe.
First I turned it into a Bundt cake, rather than a round cake as it was originally. I think the rich batter bakes up better in a Bundt pan.
The original recipe had lemon and orange zest. I added the juice from the fruits as well for some acidity.
Finally, I added a second and third dose of Guinness to the cake. The original recipe soaked the fruit in Guinness. I poured some of soaking liquid over the warm cake, then used the rest to make a glaze.
Triple Guinness Bundt Cake is rich with butter and sugar!
This cake has a fairly high percentage of butter and sugar compared to my other Bundt cakes. Butter and sugar both act to tenderize and moisten a cake.
Between the extra butter and sugar, and the Guinness, this is a really dense (in the best way possible) and rich cake.
Normally I would estimate about 12 servings from a Bundt cake, but you can easily get 18-24 servings from this cake. A thin slice goes a long way.
Click through the step by step process photos of how to make a Triple Guinness Bundt Cake:
Soak the fruit and nuts in a mixture of Guinness Stout, brandy, fresh lemon juice and fresh orange juice.
By the next day the fruit has absorbed most of the liquid.
Immediately after taking the cake out of the oven pour some of the fruit soaking liquid over the warm cake.
Use the remaining fruit soaking liquid to make a glaze. Glaze the cake while it’s still warm.
You can leave the glaze in a drip pattern or use a spatula to spread it over the cake. Scoop up the drips on the pan to fill in any gaps.
Here are some more wonderful recipes using real Guinness Stoudt: Guinness Fudge Cake, Guinness Buckwheat Bread.
You might also like these other Irish inspired recipes: Honey Kissed Irish Whisky Cake, Baileys Pots de Creme, Baileys Chocolate Macarons, Irish Tea Brack.
If you love this recipe as much as I do, I’d really appreciate a 5-star review.
Triple Guinness Bundt Cake
Ingredients
- 8 oz golden raisins (1 ½ cups)
- 5 oz dried currants (1 cup)
- 2 ¼ oz sliced almonds (½ cup)
- 2 large lemons (zest & juice)
- 1 large orange (zest & juice)
- 8 oz Guinness (1 cup)
- 3 oz brandy (⅓ cup)
- 10 oz all purpose flour (2 cups)
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
- 16 oz unsalted butter
- 16 oz brown sugar (2 cups)
- 7 large eggs
Guinness glaze
- 8 oz confectioner sugar (2 cups)
- 2 oz fruit soaking liquid (¼ cup)
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, combine 8 oz golden raisins, 5 oz dried currants, 2 ¼ oz sliced almonds and finely grated zest from 2 large lemons and 1 large orange. Pour the juice from the lemons and orange, the 8 oz Guinness and 3 oz brandy over the fruit. Cover the bowl and leave to soak for at least 4 hours or overnight.
- Preheat the oven to 350 °F. Butter and flour a 12 cup Bundt pan.
- Drain the fruit and save the liquid (you should have about 1 cup of liquid). Sift together 10 oz all purpose flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, ¼ teaspoon salt and ¼ teaspoon nutmeg and set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, cream 16 oz unsalted butter and 16 oz brown sugar until lightened in color and aerated. Scrape the bowl and beater. With the mixer running on low speed, add 7 large eggs. Scrape the bowl and beater.
- With the mixer running on low, add the drained fruit and the sifted dry ingredients. Add ¼ cup of the fruit soaking liquid. Mix just until combined. Spread the batter into the prepared pan.
- Bake about 1¼ – 1½ hours until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean (See note 1).
Make the glaze
- Combine 8 oz confectioner sugar and ¼ cup fruit soaking liquid and stir until smooth with no lumps. Set aside while the cake bakes.
Finish the cake
- Allow the cake to cool for 10 minutes then flip the cake out onto a cooling rack set over a clean sheet pan. Pour the last ½ cup of the soaking liquid over the cake. Let it absorb into the cake for 5 minutes then coat the cake with the confectioner's sugar glaze while the cake is still slightly warm.
- You can pour the glaze and let it form drip marks and leave the cake with that look or you can scrape the run-off glaze from the sheet pan and use it to fill in any gaps in the coating for a fully glazed cake.
- Cool the cake completely before moving it to a serving plate. The glaze will set as the cake cools.
- You can serve the cake right away, but it tastes better the day after it’s baked.
Equipment
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Kerry Rousselle
Sunday 9th of May 2021
Made this cake this week and it was absolutely delicious! This is a very rich cake, so recommend smaller portions as suggested. It’s so moist and delicious...a big hit, indeed!
Sasha @ Eat Love Eat
Sunday 26th of February 2017
This cake looks and sounds great! What a delicious combo :)
Eileen Gray
Sunday 26th of February 2017
Thanks, Sasha!
Monica
Friday 24th of February 2017
So many great ideas for using Guinness and Bailey's! I was in love with the macarons, but this looks amazing, as well! Thanks for sharing :)
Eileen Gray
Friday 24th of February 2017
Thanks! It's getting to be the time of year for Baileys and Guinness. Though I would make this cake any time of year.
Aimee Mars
Tuesday 21st of February 2017
Pound cake and fruitcake having a baby and bathing it in Guinness!?!? Oh, my heaven! This looks amazing.
Eileen Gray
Wednesday 22nd of February 2017
Ha, ha. Thanks Aimee.