Recipes Everyday Cooking More Meal Ideas Cooking With Beer Recipes 8 Ways to Bake Beer Into Your Cake By Diana Moutsopoulos Published on February 16, 2021 Share Tweet Pin Email Trending Videos Photo: JARRIE If you're not baking cakes with beer yet, now's the time to start! Adding beer to cake batter lends flavor — a certain something that doesn't quite taste like beer, more like a depth of flavor that's hard to pinpoint. But perhaps more importantly, the bubbles in beer give cakes lift, creating an airy, tender texture that truly sets beer cakes apart from, well, no-beer cakes. Here we've rounded up seven of our best beer cake recipes, using everything from a can of plain ol' lager to a pint of Guinness. 01 of 09 Beer Spice Cake View Recipe Beer Spice Cake, made into cupcakes. Sherry H A cup of beer takes this traditional spice cake from good to great. Just take it from this review by naples34102: "I baked this as cupcakes - they're not just ok, they're excellent, and NOT 'considering they have beer in them' but maybe BECAUSE they have beer in them! Maybe the beer is the reason they're so light, moist, and deliciously spicy." 02 of 09 Guinness Cupcakes with Espresso Frosting View Recipe Of course, a collection of cake recipes with beer would not be complete without a Guinness cake. Irish stout pairs so well with chocolate and coffee, which both feature in these delicious cupcakes. Don't wait for St. Paddy's Day to make these! 03 of 09 Holiday Left-Over Sweet Potato Cake View Recipe Elizabeth Piland Albright Sweet potato and beer in a cake... not the first combination that comes to mind. But judging by the number of glowing five-star reviews for this recipe, it's well worth a try! You don't have to wait for holiday sweet potato leftovers, however; simply used canned sweet potato or cooled mashed sweet potato that you've boiled or baked yourself. 04 of 09 Beer Cake I View Recipe How do you make a box of yellow cake mix special? Add beer, of course! Reviewer SUZIFEROSU says this is a boxed-cake-mix hack that stands the test of time: "I first tried this recipe about four years ago and it's become a favorite request in our house." 05 of 09 Beer Cake II View Recipe JARRIE Don't let the humble recipe title of "Beer Cake II" fool you — this is what cake dreams are made of. Chocolate, cherries, walnuts, and beer combine into a cake that one reviewer calls "FANTASTIC" and a must for the grown-ups. 06 of 09 Perfect St. Patrick's Day Cake View Recipe The Gruntled Gourmand For St. Patrick's Day, or any special day, this five-star cake makes a deliciously indulgent treat with both beer and a little booze, to boot. Guinness or your favorite stout combine with sour cream and chocolate in the moist and decadent cake, then Irish cream liqueur is whipped with cream and butter for the frosting. 07 of 09 Chocolate Beer Cupcakes With Whiskey Filling And Irish Cream Icing View Recipe Jenny Beer? Check. Whiskey? Check. Irish Cream? Check. All the boxes of adult indulgence are checked in this cake recipe, with some chocolate thrown in for good measure! 08 of 09 Banana Beer Bread View Recipe Dark beer, along with an array of warming spices, adds deep complexity to an otherwise-classic banana bread. This recipe makes two loaves; give one to a friend or freeze it for another day! 09 of 09 More Inspiration Tammy Lynn Not yet convinced beer belongs anywhere but a in a mug? Take a look at our Cooking With Beer recipe collection, as well as our round-up of our best beer bread recipes. Pictured: Strawberry Beer Bread Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit