Chocolate Guinness Loaf

Ingredients

• 2 sticks unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly
• 1 ½ cups packed light brown sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• ½ cup cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 ½ cups unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup Guinness
• 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Instructions

1. Heat an oven to 350 degrees F. Butter the inside bottom and sides of a 9x5 loaf pan.
2. In a large bowl beat the butter and sugar until smooth. Then beat in the eggs, and vanilla extract.
3. In a small bowl mix the cocoa powder, flour, baking soda, and salt. Add the flour and the Guinness in two batches, stirring well after each addition. Stir the batter until it is just smooth, toss the chocolate chips with 1 teaspoon of flour and stir them into the batter.
4. Spread the batter into the prepared pan and flatten the top with a spatula. Place the loaf pan a baking sheet and bake for 55 minutes to 1 hour, or until a cake tester inserted into the center comes out clean.
5. After baking allow the cake to cool for 10 minutes in the pan, then carefully invert onto the wire rack to cool completely. The cake is dense and fragile so be careful when handling it. Allow it to cool completely before cutting and serving.