For the cake
- Cooking sprayfor pan
- 1 box Chocolate cake mixplus ingredients called for on box
For the filling
- 1 (14oz) can Condensed milksweetened
- ⅓ cup Heavy cream
- ⅓ cup Cocoa powder
- ¼ cup Baileys
For the frosting
- 1 cup Buttersoftened
- 5 cups Powdered sugardivided
- ½ cup Chocolate curlsbaileys
- ¼ cup Cocoa powder
- 1 tsp Vanilla
- ½ tsp Salt
- Chocolate curlsfor garnish
Baileys Poke Cake
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:
Steps to make Baileys Poke Cake
1 | Heat the oven and prepare a baking pan | 5 |
Preheat the oven to 350 °F. Line a 9×13 inch baking pan with parchment paper and lightly spray with cooking spray. | ||
2 | Mix the cake | 2 |
Prepare the cake mix according to the instructions on the package. | ||
3 | Bake | 25 |
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. | ||
4 | Poke holes in the cake | 10 |
Leave the cake to cool for 10 minutes and when slightly cooled, poke holes in the cake using the handle of a wooden spoon. | ||
5 | Make filling | 2 |
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. | ||
6 | Pour the filling over the cake | 2 |
Pour the filling over the cake and use a spatula to spread it into the holes. | ||
7 | Refrigerate | 1h |
Chill the cake in the refrigerator for one hour. | ||
8 | Make the frosting | 3 |
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. | ||
9 | Add remaining sugar | 2 |
Add the remaining 2 ½ cups of powdered sugar and beat well until fluffy. | ||
10 | Place the frosting on the cake | 3 |
Spread the frosting over the top of the cake. | ||
11 | Serve | |
Garnish with chocolate curls and serve slices with coffee or tea. | ||
Recipe Reviews
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.
Saving this page for future recipes that I want to make, everything on here is absolutely delicious.
Making this was challenging for me but it turned out super good, very proud that I managed to finish this and not mess anything up.
Love the dessert but way too much chocolate in one cake for me, I like mine simple like the bacardi rum bundt cake.
Could not perfect this cake sadly, it was edible but just too difficult to make so I'll be sticking with something a tad easier, cheesecake here I come.
Brought this to work and told some of my close co-workers that there is baileys in it-- everyone thought they would get drunk so the cake was gone in under 10 minutes lol, awesome recipe.
I made this for ST.Patricks day and making it again today this time to leave a review about how amazingly good tasting this cake is, I also recommend trying the raspberry almond poke cake if you liked this one but you're not a big fan of chocolate.
Love the taste of this bailey cake, never knew using alcohol with cake would turn out decently, I figured that there would be some bad after taste but thankfully there is none of that.
Very tasteful but takes a really long time to make.
Best poke cake I've ever had, first time making it and it was absolutely delightful, can't imagine anything beating this cake yet!
Took a while to make but was worth it, added some chocolate coins on the top of the cake and caramel dressing.
Perfect for birthdays just make sure the person is above the age of 20! Lol just kidding, you can't taste the alcohol at all, really good baileys cake.
Well done! Thanks for sharing recipe!
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