Chocolate Guinness Cake

by Naima Sanowar

in Food & Drinks

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My lovely cousin Kirstin who has her own food blog  http://cookbookamonth.wordpress.com/  gave me this fabulous recipe for Chocolate Guinness Cake. She found the recipe from Nigella Lawson. I just love everything about Nigella, she seems like a sensual , Martha Stewart. At the time of receiving this recipe, I became quite obsessed with making this cake, to the point of Kirstin [...]

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by Naima Sanowar 2 comments September 4, 2010

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