Irish Coffee Cake Recipe

Irish coffee cake

Name: Irish coffee cake
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: Serves 10
Ingredients: 50ml Irish whiskey; 150ml strong black coffee; 100ml Guinness; 250g unsalted butter diced, plus extra for the tin; 75g cocoa powder; 300g golden caster sugar; 100g soft light brown sugar; 3 large eggs whisked; 150ml buttermilk; 1 tbsp vanilla extract; 285g plain flour; 2 tsp bicarbonate of soda; 250ml whipping cream; 1 tbsp golden caster sugar; 1 tbsp strong black coffee; for dusting cocoa powder

Published: May 5, 2019 at 3:00 PM

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Serves 10

Easy

Total time: 1 hr and 30 mins

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How do you improve on a classic coffee cake? Get inspired by the Irish, with a splash of whiskey and Guinness, and top with pillowy coffee-flavoured cream

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Make this Irish coffee cake for a decadent treat, then also check out our homemade Irish coffee, Baileys coffee, Irish coffee affogato, coffee loaf cake and more coffee desert recipes.

Also check out more decadent chocolate cake recipes, such as our easy chocolate cake, black velvet cake and chocolate Guinness cake.

To make your strong coffee, you can either use a bean to cup coffee machine, or buy good-quality coffee beans and grind with our pick of the best coffee grinders.

Ingredients

Nutrition

50ml Irish whiskey
150ml strong black coffee
100ml Guinness
250g unsalted butter

diced, plus extra for the tin
75g cocoa powder
300g golden caster sugar
100g soft light brown sugar
3 large eggs

whisked
150ml buttermilk
1 tbsp vanilla extract
285g plain flour
2 tsp bicarbonate of soda

TOPPING

250ml whipping cream
1 tbsp golden caster sugar
1 tbsp strong black coffee
for dusting cocoa powder

Nutrition: per serving

kcal632
fat34.5g
saturates21g
carbs66.7g
sugars43.8g
fibre2.4g
protein8.2g
salt0.7g

Method

step 1

Heat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Butter a deep 23cm cake tin, then line the base and sides with baking paper.
step 2

Pour the whisky, coffee and Guinness into a large pan. Add the butter and heat until melted but not bubbling. Remove from the heat and whisk in the cocoa and sugars. Beat in the eggs, followed by the buttermilk. Finally, add the vanilla, flour and bicarb, and beat again until smooth.
step 3

Pour the cake batter into the tin and bake on a middle shelf in the oven for 50-60 minutes or until a skewer poked into the centre comes out with sticky crumbs. Cool completely in the tin.
step 4

Put all of the topping ingredients, except for the cocoa, into a large bowl and gently whisk until just holding soft peaks. Dollop or spread over the top of the cake after removing from the tin, then dust with a little cocoa, to serve.

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