Irish Coffee Cake Recipes

COFFEE AND IRISH CREAM BUNDT® CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10-cup Bundt® pan.
• Mix together coffee and espresso powder in a small bowl or measuring cup until dissolved. Set aside.
• Mix together flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl until combined.
• Cream together butter, cream cheese, white sugar, and brown sugar in a large bowl until smooth and fluffy. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, mixing well after each addition. Add coffee-espresso mixture and vanilla and mix until combined. Add 1/2 of the flour mixture and stir until just combined. Pour in Irish cream and mix until combined. Add remaining flour mixture and mix until just combined. Fold in mini chocolate chips.
• Pour batter evenly into the prepared pan. Tap pan gently on the counter a few times to disperse any air bubbles.
• Place pan into the preheated oven and bake until the top of the cake springs back lightly when touched, 55 to 60 minutes. Allow cake to cool for 15 minutes in the pan before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

IRISH COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• CAKE:.
• Beat butter with sugar until fluffy.
• Beat in eggs, one at a time.
• Dissolve espresso powder in vanilla, beat into butter mixture.
• Mix flour, almonds, baking powder and salt; stir into butter mixture.
• Spread batter in a greased 8-inch round cake pan.
• Bake in 350°F oven for 30 minutes or until tester comes out clean.
• Cool on rack for 5 minutes.
• Run knife around edge of cake to separate from pan; turn out onto rack, let cool completely.
• COFFEE SYRUP:.
• In a saucepan, bring sugar and coffee to a boil, stirring to dissolve sugar, boil for 1 minute.
• Remove from heat and stir in whiskey.
• Return the cooled cake to the baking pan, poke holes all over top with a toothpick or skewer.
• Pour coffee syrup over cake. Let cool for 1 hour or until syrup is absorbed.
• Remove from pan; place on serving plate.
• TOPPING:.
• Whip cream with whiskey and sugar, pipe along the top edge of the cake.
• Garnish with coffee beans!
• Prep time does not include cooling time.