Alcohol evaporation of beer in a cake

I'd like to bake a Guinness flavored cocoa cake. My direction say to start by beating room temperature butter with brown sugar, then eggs and a mixture of flour, cocoa powder and baking powder. Finally, incorporate the Guinness as it is. The picture show also the foam.

My question is: I'd like to heat the beer beforehand in order to have the alcohol evaporate; bring it back to room temperature and then incorporate it.

Do you think it will affect a good raising/cooking and the texture of the cake?

Best Answer

Alcohol never all evaporates unless you evaporate all the water as well. The actual amount per slice is minimal anyway - equivalent to about a shot of beer in a portion, in the recipe I use. If even that's too much for you, start with de-alcoholised beer. You may have trouble finding alcohol-free stout.

From the USDA Table of Nutrient Retention Factors Release 6 quoted in merl's answer to a related question, baking reduces the alcohol to 25% in an hour and 10% in 2 hours. Quite a lot of water will evaporate as well during that time.

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Does alcohol evaporate when baked in a cake?

Although some of the alcohol cooks off during the baking process, a reasonable percentage remains for consumption (after baking for 30 minutes, 35% of the alcohol is still present). When adding alcohol to a cake it is also important to consider the effects on cake structure.

How long does it take for alcohol to evaporate from a cake?

In fact, you have to cook something for a good 3 hours to eradicate all traces of alcohol. Some cooking methods are less effective at removing alcohol than just letting it stand out uncovered overnight.

Does beer bake out of cake?

The truth is that the amount of alcohol that remains in your pastries, cakes, pies and other desserts after cooking ranges from 5 to 85 percent, depending on the amount and type of alcohol used and the cooking time and process.

Does cake soak up alcohol?

You will make it in a Bundt pan and then poke holes in the cake so that it soaks up the delicious glaze made from Bacardi rum. While the rum added to the cake batter has the alcohol cooked off, leaving the rum flavor, the rum glaze retains most of the alcohol....Ingredients.Nutrition Facts (per serving)4gProtein3 more rows•Jul 10, 2021

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