The Shiner Bock salted toffee sauce posted above in 25961 is very, very good

[melissa-dallas]

i'm making the cake later today, but, oh, the sauce is great.

For anyone familiar with caramelizing sugar, I knew his timing was way underestimated, and it did take a lot longer than it said. I used kosher salt & it is very distinctly salty, so that much table salt would be too much.

I'm dreaming of this sauce over chocolate malt ice cream.

 

[marilynfl]

M, what is Shiner Bock?

 

[melissa-dallas]

A very popular Texas beer. It is a lighly hopped dark lager.

The light bitterness & malt pair nicely with chocolate & caramel.

The cake is kind of like a Stout cake, but the bock isn't as heavy or sweet.

 

[marilynfl]

Good to know. Is that a local beer...or can I get it in the culinary wasteland where I live?

 

[curious1]

Marilyn, enter your zip code and see if it's available near you.

http://www.shiner.com/find

 

[marilynfl]

Ah, thanks Curious! Yep...apparently it's in my area. i don't drink beer, but I'll cook with it.