Can you use beer instead of stout in cake?
Chef's answer
No. While technically stout is beer (ale, to be exact), the taste is wildly different. Most beers tend to be either lager or pilsener, have very mild (or in case of American lagers, non-existent) taste and light colour. Stout is very strong in both alcohol contents, taste and in colour..
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Add Caramel or Coffee Replace the stout with caramel or coffee instead to get the same flavor, but without the alcohol or beer-like aftertaste. Use 1 tablespoon of caramel for every 1/2 cup of stout or use 1 cup coffee for every 1 cup of stout..
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Adding two to three teaspoons of instant coffee powder gave the cake that bitter taste of stout better than the stout did. Like Adrienne Flowers said in her answer, also use buttermilk in place of regular milk..
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No. While technically stout is beer (ale, to be exact), the taste is wildly different. Most beers tend to be either lager or pilsener, have very mild (or in case of American lagers, non-existent) taste and light colour. Stout is very strong in both alcohol contents, taste and in colour..
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