In a large bowl, whisk flour, brown sugar, baking soda, cocoa, milk powder, baking powder, and salt.

In a medium bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, pudding mix, and salt until well combined. I adapted the original recipe to include almond meal, for a fudgy texture and nutty flavour complement to the beer. Add 2 eggs and 2 squares melted chocolate.

You don't have to wait for holiday sweet potato leftovers, however;

Mix until smooth, then fold in cherries and chopped nuts. Add the cocoa powder and beat with a hand whisk until it dissolves. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Combine all ingredients in a large bowl, stir until smooth and incorporated.

Bake in tube pan at 350 degrees for 1 1/4 hours. Can be served plain, with ice cream, whipped cream, or. Add the brown beer and place over low heat.

Transfer to a baking pan and set aside to cool.

The texture and flavour were still wonderful, even using a cheap beer brand. Add remaining ingredients and mix thoroughly to combine. Whisk the eggs and castor sugar together for about 5 minutes until fluffy and light.

Not the first combination that comes to mind.

Here’s a simple chocolate beer cake recipe. Grease and flour three 6″ cake rounds and line with parchment. Combine flour, sugar and butter until mixture resembles fine crumbs.