Chocolate Cake with Bailey’s Buttercream

Chocolate cake with Bailey’s buttercream is the perfect dessert for St Patrick’s Day! Bailey’s Irish Cream is in the batter and the frosting!

I love a good St. Patrick’s Day celebration. Let’s be honest, I love any kind of celebration. We usually have friends over for Shepherd’s Pie or Irish Beef Stew on St. Patrick’s Day. I’ve made other Irish desserts like Bailey’s Brownies and Irish Tea Cake. This year, it’s this chocolate cake with Bailey’s.

Here’s what you need:

• 1 1/2 c sugar
• 1 3/4 c all purpose flour
• 3/4 c unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 1/2 t baking powder
• 1 1/2 t baking soda
• 1/2 t salt
• 3/4 c milk (room temperature)
• 1/4 c Bailey’s Irish Cream
• 1/2 c vegetable oil
• 2 eggs, room temperature
• 2 t vanilla extract
• 1 c hot coffee
• 1 stick butter, softened
• 2 c powdered sugar
• 1 T Bailey’s Irish Cream
• pinch of salt
• milk if needed

Set 2 eggs and 3/4 c milk out on the counter to come to room temperature. Preheat oven to 350. Spray two round 8 or 9 inch cake pans with Baker’s Joy or other non stick spray.

In a large bowl, whisk together the sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt. In a separate bowl, mix together the milk, Bailey’s, vegetable oil, eggs and vanilla and mix together with a fork.

Whisk the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients just until streaks of flour disappear. Now slowly whisk in the hot coffee a little at a time until thoroughly mixed.

Pour the battler into the prepared cake pans. Batter will be thin. Bake for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted come out clean.

Now for the frosting. Make sure the butter is softened. In a large bowl, beat the butter until it is very creamy. I recommend a couple of minutes. Slowly add the powdered sugar a little at a time. I usually add about half the sugar, then the Bailey’s and mix it thoroughly. Then add the rest of the sugar and a pinch of salt. If it’s too thick, add tiny amounts of milk while beating until you have a good frosting consistency.

When the cake is completely cooled, frost with the delicious buttercream frosting. This amount of frosting with give you enough to have a pretty thin layer. So if you are a big frosting person, you could double the frosting recipe. I garnished my cake with a little shaved chocolate.

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Chocolate Cake with Bailey's Buttercream

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Ingredients

• 1 1/2 c sugar
• 1 3/4 c all purpose flour
• 3/4 c unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 1/2 t baking powder
• 1 1/2 t baking soda
• 1/2 t salt
• 3/4 c milk (room temperature)
• 1/4 c Bailey's Irish Cream
• 1/2 c vegetable oil
• 2 eggs, room temperature
• 2 t vanilla extract
• 1 c hot coffee
• 1 stick butter, softened
• 2 c powdered sugar
• 1 T Bailey's Irish Cream
• pinch of salt
• milk if needed

Instructions

1

Set 2 eggs and 3/4 c milk out on the counter to come to room temperature.

2

Preheat oven to 350.

3

Spray two round 8 or 9 inch cake pans with Baker's Joy or other non stick spray.

4

In a large bowl, whisk together the sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt.

5

In a separate bowl, mix together the milk, Bailey's, vegetable oil, eggs and vanilla and mix together with a fork.

6

Whisk the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients just until streaks of flour disappear.

7

Now slowly whisk in the hot coffee a little at a time until thoroughly mixed.

8

Pour the battler into the prepared cake pans. Batter will be thin.

9

Bake for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted come out clean.

10

Now for the frosting. Make sure the butter is softened.

11

In a large bowl, beat the butter until it is very creamy. I recommend a couple of minutes.

12

Slowly add the powdered sugar a little at a time.

13

I usually add about half the sugar, then the Bailey's and mix it thoroughly.

14

Then add the rest of the sugar and a pinch of salt.

15

If it's too thick, add tiny amounts of milk while beating until you have a good frosting consistency.

16

When the cake is completely cooled, frost with the delicious buttercream frosting.

17

This amount of frosting with give you enough to have a pretty thin layer. So if you are a big frosting person, you could double the frosting recipe.

18

I garnished my cake with a little shaved chocolate.