This Baileys Poke Cake is a great way to use up that bottle of Baileys that has been hanging around since Christmas! As you’re probably aware, Baileys is an Irish alcoholic beverage which is flavored with cream, cocoa, and Irish whiskey. It is a perfect cake to make for St Patrick’s Day due to its Irish connection!
This cake is really easy to make too because it uses a box chocolate cake mix. While the cake bakes, make a filling from sweetened condensed milk, heavy cream, cocoa powder, and Baileys. When the cake cools slightly, poke holes all over using the handle of a wooden spoon. Pour over the filling and refrigerate before frosting with a Baileys, cocoa powder, vanilla, salt and sugar frosting.
To make Baileys Poke Cake, you will need the following ingredients:
Preheat the oven to 350 °F. Line a 9×13 inch baking pan with parchment paper and lightly spray with cooking spray.
Prepare the cake mix according to the instructions on the package.
Pour the cake batter into the prepared baking pan. Bake the cake in the preheated oven for about 25 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Leave the cake to cool for 10 minutes and when slightly cooled, poke holes in the cake using the handle of a wooden spoon.
Whisk 1 can of sweetened condensed milk, ⅓ cup of heavy cream, ⅓ cup of cocoa powder and ½ a cup of Baileys together in a medium-sized bowl.
Pour the filling over the cake and use a spatula to spread it into the holes.
Chill the cake in the refrigerator for one hour.
While the cake is chilling, beat 1 cup of butter, 2 ½ cups of powdered sugar, ½ a cup of Baileys, ¼ cup of cocoa powder, 1 teaspoon of vanilla and ½ a teaspoon of salt together in a large bowl using an electric hand mixer.
Add the remaining 2 ½ cups of powdered sugar and beat well until fluffy.
Spread the frosting over the top of the cake.
Garnish with chocolate curls and serve slices with coffee or tea.
This Baileys Poke Cake is a fantastic way to use up Baileys! It is a moist, chocolatey treat. Try it soon and make sure you tag your baking photos with #cookmerecipes.
My husband was eyeing me down when I poured 1/4 of a cup of our baileys into the cake mix, he thought it would be very distinct that there is alcohol in the cake but after it was done it became his favorite and now we buy baileys just for this dessert!
Did this recipe with a friend for V-day really tasty and we're both chocolate and bailey lovers so this was a match made in heaven :)
Saw this recipe and read that it had baileys in it.. Baileys in a cake? I thought, who knew it would turn out to be the BOMB, easily my new favorite along with the caramel mountain top cheesecake..mm gets me drooling just thinking about it!
WOW this was realllly difficult to perfect, the first time I poured a bit too much baileys and the second time too much cocoa powder.. but third time is the charm as they say, came out exactly as intended.
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