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Bailey's Irish Cream Layer Cake
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Baileys Irish Cream Layer Cake

Baileys Irish Cream layer Cake has such an amazing flavor. With a rich chocolate cake as the base, topped with a delicious Baileys buttercream frosting, this 3 layer cake is a truly special cake that is perfect for St. Patrick's Day.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time25 minutes
Decorating time30 minutes
Total Time1 hour 5 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: irish cream layer cake
Servings: 14
Calories: 944kcal
Author: Jill

Ingredients

Baileys Cake Ingredients

Baileys Frosting ingredients

Chocolate Ganache Ingredients:

Instructions

Cake Directions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray three 9 in cake pans with baking spray.
  • In a small bowl, whisk together the espresso and the warm water until combined.
  • Using your standing mixer, whisk together the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt until combined.
  • Gradually add in the eggs, espresso, oil and vanilla extract until combined.
  • Divide the batter between the 3 pans.
  • Place in the oven to bake for 25-35 minutes or until a tooth pick comes out clean.
  • Allow cakes to cool for 20 minutes.

Baileys Frosting Directions:

  • Using a standing mixer, cream together the butter, vanilla, powdered sugar, Baileys and heavy whipping cream until combined and creamy and stiff with peaks.
  • Scoop 1 C of frosting into the piping bag.

Directions to build the cake

  • Place 1 layer of cake onto the cake board.
  • Using the ice cream scooper, scoop out 4-6 scoops of frosting and smooth evenly on one layer of cake.
  • Place another layer of cake on top and spread more frosting.
  • Place the last layer on top and frost the remaining cake with remaining frosting.
  • Coat the bottom sides of the cake in the mini chocolate chips.

Chocolate ganache directions

  • Using a small pot, heat up the heavy whipping cream until steaming.
  • While heavy whipping cream is heating up, place chocolate chips into a heat-proof bowl.
  • Once the heavy whipping cream is heated, pour over the chocolate chips.
  • Allow to sit for 1 minute before whisking until smooth.
  • Pour ganache into the squeeze bottle.
  • Pipe dollops of ganache over the edge of the cake.
  • Pipe dollops of frosting onto the top of the cake.
  • Sprinkle some mini chocolate chips all over the top of the cake.
  • Cut, serve and enjoy.

Nutrition

Calories: 944kcal | Carbohydrates: 118g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 51g | Saturated Fat: 27g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 15g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 114mg | Sodium: 362mg | Potassium: 217mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 98g | Vitamin A: 1119IU | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 77mg | Iron: 3mg