Irish Cream Cake
The perfect easy Irish cream cake with a delicious chocolate base and the best Irish Cream frosting I've ever tasted!
Servings: 16
Equipment
- 9x9 square cake pan
- parchment paper optional
Ingredients
dry ingredients
- 7/8 cup all-purpose flour, (or ¾ cup + 2 tbsp)
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 6 tbsp cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
wet ingredients
- ½ cup buttermilk (or half-and-half)
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- 1 large egg
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- ½ cup hot coffee*
frosting
- 6 Tbsp butter at room temperature
- 3 cups confectioner's sugar
- 3 Tbsp Irish Cream liqueur, plus more if needed to thin the frosting.
- 3 Tbsp cream or half and half, plus more if needed to thin the frosting.
optional garnish
- chocolate shavings
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F and grease a 9x9 square baking pan.
- Whisk all the dry ingredients together well in a bowl.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together all the wet ingredients EXCEPT the coffee.
- Slowly add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, mixing as you go. Once incorporated, add the hot coffee, and mix everything until there are no pockets of dry flour left. The batter will be very thin.
- Pour into your prepared pan and bake for about 20-25 minutes. Note: this cake bakes fast, so be sure not to over bake. But also remember ovens bake at different rates, so your time may be different from mine.
- Let the cake cool completely before frosting.
frosting
- Beat the soft butter with the powdered sugar, Irish cream, and cream until soft smooth and spreadable. You may well need more liquid, and you can choose whether you want more Irish cream or more cream, depending on the flavor you're going for.
- Frost the cooled cake and top with chocolate shavings.
- Store your cake at room temperature for up to 3 days, or you can refrigerate.
Notes
*If you don't have hot brewed coffee available you can use instant, just make sure it's hot.
Nutrition
Calories: 261 kcal · Carbohydrates: 42 g · Protein: 2 g · Fat: 10 g · Saturated Fat: 4 g · Polyunsaturated Fat: 2 g · Monounsaturated Fat: 2 g · Trans Fat: 0.2 g · Cholesterol: 27 mg · Sodium: 189 mg · Potassium: 71 mg · Fiber: 1 g · Sugar: 36 g · Vitamin A: 202 IU · Vitamin C: 0.02 mg · Calcium: 23 mg · Iron: 1 mg
Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. This information comes from online calculators. Although The View from Great Island attempts to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures are only estimates.
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