I'm a few days late for my St. Patty's Day post - it's one of my favorite days of the year for a few reasons. I love the color green so it's a perfect day. And we were married on St. Patrick's Day - it was super rad. I wore a green dress and I asked that everyone have some green on as well.
So... a few weeks ago a friend from work sent me a link to a Guinness Chocolate cake from a blog and asked if I'd make it for St. Patrick's Day... Some others at work agreed with his suggestion. So I said I would do it. Any excuse to bake!
I've haven't made a lot of 2 layer cakes (it's usually cupcakes) so this was a little bit of a challenge as the last time I tried a 2 layer, the layers were totally uneven and kind of a mess.
But this time I think it worked pretty well. Monday night I baked the cakes and I also did a crumb coat. And then covered it and put it in the fridge overnight. This is was the best thing! No wonder I had so much trouble last time. It was so much easier to frost the cake on Tuesday morning.
I was so in the zone Monday night baking I forgot to take photos of my steps and crumb coat... Next time I would definitely add a little more frosting between the layers. I wasn't sure how much I would need the next day so I was a little conservative.
I'm always a little nervous to share a recipe that I've never made before. But this one was so good! The Bailey's frosting was my favorite out of the whole thing. I found a shamrock cookie cutter and made a little shamrock out of green for decoration.
Hope you had a fantastic Green Day!
Guinness Chocolate Cake
with Bailey's Irish Cream Frosting
