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Guinness and Baileys are a match made in Heaven in this Chocolate Guinness Mini Cakes with Baileys Buttercream. It's decadently moist, rich and the perfect ending to your St. Patrick's day festivities. | Strawberry Blondie Kitchen

Chocolate Guinness Mini Cakes with Baileys Buttercream

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Yield 16 servings

Guinness and Baileys are a match made in Heaven in this Chocolate Guinness Mini Cakes with Baileys Buttercream.  It's decadently moist, rich and the perfect ending to your St. Patrick's day festivities.

Ingredients

Guinness Chocolate Cake 

Baileys Buttercream

Instructions

Guinness Chocolate Cake 

  1. Preheat oven to 350°  Spray a large jelly roll pan (12x17) with cooking spray and line the bottom with parchment paper.
  2. Sift together flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt into a large bowl. Set Aside.
  3. In the bowl of your stand mixer, beat sugar, sour cream, canola oil, eggs and vanilla extract until combined.
  4. Very slowly, add in the flour mixture, a little bit at a time, until fully incorporated.  
  5. Fold in 1/4 cup hot coffee followed by 1/2 cup Guinness.  Repeat 1/4 cup coffee, 1/2 cup Guinness and fold in until combined.
  6. Pour batter into jelly roll pan and bake for 20-22 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
  7. Remove from oven and allow to cool completely.
  8. When cool, using a 2 1/2" circle cutter, cut out circles from the sheet cake.
  9. Slice each round in half.

Baileys Buttercream

  1. In the bowl of your stand mixer, using the whisk attachment, beat butter until fluffy, about 5 minutes.
  2. Add in powdered sugar and combine.
  3. Slowly add in Baileys and whip for 2 minutes.
  4. Place half the buttercream into a pastry bag fitted with a 2D tip.

To assemble

  1. Place about 1 1/2 tablespoons onto the bottom of each mini round.  Spread out to cover entire bottom. Place on the top mini cake and dollop a small amount of buttercream frosting from the pastry bag.  Garnish with green sprinkles if desired.

Notes

*I had quite a lot of cake left after cutting out the rounds so I crumbled up the cake, added frosting and peppermint extract, dipped them in chocolate and made them into Mint chocolate cake balls.

Courses Dessert

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 16 servings

Amount Per Serving

Calories 306

% Daily Value

Total Fat 15 g

23%

Saturated Fat 5 g

25%

Cholesterol 44 mg

15%

Sodium 93 mg

4%

Total Carbohydrates 40 g

13%

Dietary Fiber 1 g

4%

Sugars 28 g

Protein 2 g

4%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

Recipe by Strawberry Blondie Kitchen at https://www.strawberryblondiekitchen.com/chocolate-guinness-mini-cakes-with-baileys-buttercream/