Irish Coffee Cake

And here's a second bonus recipe! This is a new recipe that Mary Mac shared a couple episodes ago, and it'll be one of the cooking demos at the Pittsburgh Irish Festival on Saturday in the Five Farms Celtic Kitchen tent ☘️

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Cake

Ingredients

• ¾ c flour
• ¾ c sugar
• ¾ c softened butter
• 3 eggs, large
• 3 tsp instant coffee - Nescafe Clasico dark roast espresso powder
• 2 Tbs very hot water
• 1 tsp baking powder
• ¼ tsp salt
• 1 Tbs Five Farms Irish Cream

Directions

• Grease a small loaf pan (3 ½ x 4 ½ x 2 ½, or whatever you have) and line with parchment paper. Paper should hang out of the pan a bit so the cake is easy to remove
• Dissolve coffee powder in the hot water
• Mix flour, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl
• Add sugar, mix
• Add butter, eggs, coffee water, and Irish cream. Mix well by hand.
• Scrape into the prepared pan and level
• Bake for 30-35 minutes
• Cool 15 minutes in pan, then remove using parchment paper
• Cool completely before frosting.

Frosting

Ingredients

• 2 c powdered sugar
• 2 Tbs softened butter
• 1 Tbs Five Farms Irish Cream
• 1-2 Tbs milk, if needed

Directions

• Mix powdered sugar, softened butter, and Irish cream together well
• If icing is too thick, add 1-2 Tbs milk as needed
• Place cake on a serving plate
• Spread frosting over the top of the cake and allow to drip down the sides

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