I first spotted the recipe for this fabulous chocolate stout cake on epicurious. The reviews on epicurious are unanimous—over and over again, reviewers said that this was the best chocolate cake they had ever eaten. One person said that after eating the cake she had a “religious experience”!
I know it’s redundant, but I am an Italian foodie. My two sisters and I grew up in a thoroughly Italian household with a Sicilian mom and a Neopolitan dad—both equally good cooks. My dad and uncle owned a small Italian restaurant together, and it was the place to go for great home style Italian food, including wonderful homemade pizza. My dad has passed on; but, to this day, even if my 80-plus-year-old mom doesn’t know you’re coming, she’ll pull a 5-course meal out of the fridge in no time flat.
