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This cake is a tasty, yummy, mess of a cake .
Emiline over at Sugar Plum has come up with a great event in honor of St. Patrick's Day! She has challenged us to come up with either sweet or savory dishes incorporating booze.Immediately I conceptualized a Black Irish Cake. A Black Irish Cake is a chocolate cake with mashed potatoes( hey it works!) soaked in 3 boozes( Baileys Irish Creme,Chocolate Liqueur, and Whiskey) in a riff of a Tres Leches Cake. Are you feeling me?
I remember reading about cakes made with mashed potatoes so it would be perfect for a Irish themed cake. I basically followed this recipe. However she used no dairy, and I added left over evaporated milk to the mashed potatoes( no more than 1/4 of a cup) and it turned out fine .You can use your own chocolate cake recipe and experiment.
I really wanted to use my authentic Feckin Irish Whiskey that was signed by the maker, but we agreed not to open the bottle.So I purchased some Jack Daniels instead along with some Baileys Irish Creme.
1 cup of heavy cream
1 cup of evaporated milk
1 cup of Baileys Irish Cream
1/2 cup of whiskey
1/4- 1/2 cup of Chocolate Liqueur
Whipped Cream Topping (make your own with heavy cream , confectioners sugar,vanilla, etc. or cheat and buy a Non Dairy Whipped Topping. I used a Wilton Whipped Topping Mix).
Make your cake in a dish that you will serve the cake in. I used a 81/2 by 81/2 Plexiglas dish. I had leftover batter so I made 12 cupcakes as well to serve in individual ramekins. 
Take cake out of oven.Pierce all over. While still warm drizzle cake with Whiskey and Chocolate Liqueur.In a blender mix heavy cream,evaporated milk, and Baileys. Pour this cream mixture over warm cake. It may take several attempts for the liquids to sink into the cake.I still had leftover cream, but I soaked three times. 
Let cake cool, wrap in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for several hours until chilled.If you have leftover cream and you feel the cake can take on more liquid, add it. Top off with Whipped Topping and serve.
Take cake out of oven.Pierce all over. While still warm drizzle cake with Whiskey and Chocolate Liqueur.In a blender mix heavy cream,evaporated milk, and Baileys. Pour this cream mixture over warm cake. It may take several attempts for the liquids to sink into the cake.I still had leftover cream, but I soaked three times. Let cake cool, wrap in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for several hours until chilled.If you have leftover cream and you feel the cake can take on more liquid, add it. Top off with Whipped Topping and serve.Be sure to let it set well. I cut mine after a few hours, but it could have chilled some more to hold some shape.For a more perfect presentation serve it up in the individual ramekins. Regardless the flavors merge well and it gives you a sweet light light headed feeling. Certain Someone declared it was rich!
* Warning: Don't eat this and operate heavy machinery or drive.
27 comments:
You don't waste any time with the St. Paddy's food event do ya?
As part of my research, I drank lots of Guinness last night.
Whoa! Irish cream in cake? That sounds so awesome!
Anywayz, about banh mi, the best ones are up north in the Argyle area. But there are some Vietnamese restaurants in Chinatown that have banh mi on the menu. I can't really vouch for the C-town ones because when I go there, I usually just go to a Chinese place :) Maybe we can trek up there together some time.
Droolz, banh mi...
Yay! Great job! You're my first entry, and it's a good one. I think that's so creative to pour the liquor over the cake, like a tres leches. And I love all of those liquors. Plus potatoes?! Wow.
Oh yeah! This sounds marvelous...someone had once shared a potato chocolate recipe for me (which I lost) but she did say just how very awesome it tastes. So huge thanks for sharing this with us, can't wait to view all the final entries!
Oh. my. gosh. I am SO feeling you! I have to make this. I wonder if you could use Guinness? Oh! This looks like SO much fun!
Groan. I love drunken sweets. Wouldn't worry about how it looks, though; if you're out doing the pub crawl, you'll not care. :D
I'm intrigued by your bottle of Feckin; seems Irish whiskey doesn't get nearly enough limelight as Scotch.
Jen Chocolate and beer goes surprisngly well. I have had special chcolate brews. I don't see why the rich Guiness stout wouldn't blend well.
Susan its true its more about Scoth Whiskey than Irish. My CS is a collector of fine malts and he says the Scoth is more refined. Who knows it all tastes good to me. I just liked the name of this and owner was a character.
Oh my my! I'm feeling a little intoxicated already just looking at that lusciousness! Yessss!
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Yum. :)
ooh what a boozy cake, and how i love boozy desserts, only my heart knows :) So tell me how many slices does it take before it actually hits you :p ... man i really want a slice of this one !
Oh I think I'm getting a contact buzz just from reading about it! I think I will have to make that and maybe eat it all myself. Then I can lapse into a blackout. :)
Hic! excuse me! I'm getting tipsy just thinking about it! Thats some heavy duty cake girl! So perfect for St. Paddy's day!
Wow, this looks really good. I've heard of making cake with chickpeas, never heard of a mashed potato recipe before. I may give this one a shot!
Ooh, also. Since it's soaked with liquor, does it hold up well without being in a ramekin? Just curious.
Boy oh boy! I'm already giddy and floating!:)
Very cool recipe ;)
Oh yes just loving this recipe the potato will make the sponge so moist - great bake for this event :)
Rosie x
Oh MAN that looks good. Really, really good!!
Looks great, Coco! Mama likey. :)
Leave it up to the Irish to find a way to squeeze potatoes into a cake.
Talk about boozy! That's a whole lotta booze for 1 cake (and cupcakes). For me it would be a bit too much but I like the combinations of tastes a lot!
That cake looks scrumptious! With all that booze, it must taste very good ;-P!
Cheers,
Rosa
This looks great Courtney! I love every bit of it!
After reading this post I'm feeling a bit tipsy. Hic!
That's a breat looking crate you've got there. Hic!
Hope the moon will rise tomorrow and save hic some cake will ya! Hic!
OMGOSH
That looks os good..email me some! I am having serious chocolate cravings.
damn! that looks good!
I've seen recipes using mash potato too but haven't got round to making them yet! Glad to hear it works - always nice when a cook you respect gives it the thumbs up!
I'm also tempted by a variation on carrot cake that uses grated parsnips. And a chocolate beetroot cake.
Aaaargh! So many things to bake yet so little time......
Slurp!!! You are magic!
By the way... I don't speak or write in english, so...goodby dear!
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