Dublin Drop Cake

A Dublin Drop is a drink that has a shot of Irish cream liqueur and Irish whiskey dropped in the shot glass, down into a glass of Guinness® beer. There are several recipes that replicate this flavor out there, but this is different in that there is no icing and lends itself to being taken to the pub easier.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 40 mins
• Total Time: 60 mins
• Calories: 449 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 egg
• 1 cup white sugar
• ¼ cup confectioners' sugar
• ½ cup vegetable oil
• 3 eggs
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 (3.9 ounce) package instant chocolate pudding mix
• 1 (12 fluid ounce) can or bottle Irish stout beer (such as Guinness®)
• ½ cup Irish whiskey
• 6 tablespoons Irish cream liqueur
• 1 (18.25 ounce) package chocolate cake mix without pudding

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Step 2

Grease a 10-inch fluted tube pan (such as a Bundt®) and coat inside of pan with unsweetened cocoa powder.

Step 3

Beat cream cheese, confectioners' sugar, 1 egg, and Irish cream liqueur in a bowl until smooth and creamy. Set aside.

Step 4

Beat chocolate cake mix, chocolate pudding mix, 3 eggs, and vegetable oil in a separate bowl until batter is thick and smooth. Slowly beat Irish stout beer into the batter.

Step 5

Spoon 1/3 of the cake batter into the prepared pan; layer the Irish cream filling on top. Spoon remaining cake batter over the filling.

Step 6

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean, 40 to 50 minutes.

Step 7

Loosen the edges of the cake from the pan with a thin spatula; let cake rest in pan 15 minutes. Invert pan over a wire rack to release cake and allow to cool completely on the rack.

Step 8

While cake is cooling, melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat and stir in white sugar and Irish whiskey. Bring to a boil, stirring to dissolve sugar, reduce heat to low, and simmer until thickened, about 10 minutes.

Step 9

Transfer cake to a serving platter. Generously brush whiskey glaze over cooled cake several times and allow glaze to soak into cake.