A Coffee Cake laced with a Salted Caramel Irish Cream is the perfect pairing. For a more boozy flavour, glaze with a Coffee and Irish cream syrup.
Course Dessert
Keyword alcohol, coffee, coffeeandbaileyscake, coffeetable, dessert, moist and delicious
Prep Time 30 minutesminutes
Cook Time 35 minutesminutes
Total Time 1 hourhour5 minutesminutes
Servings 14slices
Equipment
2 20cm springform cake
Ingredients
2cupsflour
1½cupbrown sugar
3tbspinstant coffee
2tspbaking soda
1tspsalt
3largeeggs
¾cupmilk
1tspvanilla
1cupvegetable oil
½cupbaileys irish cream
½cupboiling water
Coffee and Baileys Glaze:
1cuppowdered sugar
2tbspespresso powder
3tbspboiling water
1tbspIrish Cream
Instructions
Prepare two 8 inch cake pans by greasing with butter and dusting with flour. Preheat oven to 300°F (150°C).
To the mixing bowl, add milk, oil, eggs, vanilla paste and Irish cream. Mix well.
Add all dry ingredients.. Mix till well combined. If you find this time consuming, you can use a hand mixer.
Add boiling water and slowly mix into batter till incorporated.
Divide the batter evenly between the cakes pans and bake for about 34-36 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out with a few crumbs. Do not over bake,else it dries out.
Coffee and Baileys Glaze
Add boiling water to espresso powder and mix, Combine powdered sugar, espresso powder mixture and Irish cream in a medium bowl; stir well with a fork until smooth. Poke your cake in different areas and drizzle glaze generously over cake; serve.