Irish Layered Cake

To make this Irish Layered Cake, you’ll first need to make a Chocolate Irish Stout Cake, Irish Whiskey Smoked Salt Caramel Sauce and a Bailey’s Irish Pastry Cream.  The results of these different recipes add to the final cake, make it unique, decadent and a a crowd pleaser!

Originally published in BeerAdvocate Magazine: Cuisine à la Bière| Mar 2014 | Issue #86

Irish Layered Cake

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A Chocolate Irish Stout Cake, layered with An Irish Whiskey Smoked Salt Caramel Sauce and a Bailey's Irish Pastry Cream.

• CourseChocolate, Dessert
• CuisineIrish
• Cooking Beer StyleIrish Dry Stout
• Pairing Beer StyleIrish Dry Stout
• SeasonalFall Seasonal, Spring Seasonal, St Patrick's Day, Summer Seasonal, Winter Seasonal, Year Around Seasonal
• Food SectionCake, Dairy
• Cooking MethodBaking with Beer
• BreweryBeer Advocate, Guinness

Servings	Prep Time
8 - 10 servings	2 hour

Passive Time

1 hour

Servings Prep Time 8 - 10 servings 2 hour

Passive Time 1 hour

Irish Layered Cake Votes: 0 Rating: 0 You: Rate this recipe! Print Recipe A Chocolate Irish Stout Cake, layered with An Irish Whiskey Smoked Salt Caramel Sauce and a Bailey's Irish Pastry Cream. CourseChocolate, Dessert CuisineIrish Cooking Beer StyleIrish Dry Stout Pairing Beer StyleIrish Dry Stout SeasonalFall Seasonal, Spring Seasonal, St Patrick's Day, Summer Seasonal, Winter Seasonal, Year Around Seasonal Food SectionCake, Dairy Cooking MethodBaking with Beer BreweryBeer Advocate, Guinness Servings Prep Time 8 - 10 servings 2 hour Passive Time 1 hour Servings Prep Time 8 - 10 servings 2 hour Passive Time 1 hour

Ingredients

• 1 recipe Chocolate Irish Stout Cake, recipe here
• 1 recipe Irish Whiskey Smoked Salt Caramel, recipe here
• 1 recipe Bailey's Irish Pastry Cream, recipe here
• 1/2 cup oats, flaked toasted

Servings: servings

Units:MetricUS Imperial

Instructions

• Before assembly, make sure that the Chocolate Irish Stout Cake has cooled to room temperature.

  
• Trim the tops off both cakes to create a flat surface, and then cut each in half horizontally. Place a top half upside down onto a cake plate or platter.

  
• Drizzle 2 tablespoons of the Irish Whiskey-Smoked Caramel Sauce evenly over the cake layer.

  
• Divide the Bailey's Irish Pastry Cream into four equal parts. Place 1 portion of the pastry cream on top of the caramel, and spread evenly with an offset spatula to a half-inch of the edge of the cake. Top the pastry cream with another layer of the cake and repeat with the caramel, pastry cream and cake layer three more times.

  
• To garnish the cake, make a pattern with the remaining caramel sauce over the top layer of pastry cream. Garnish with some toasted oats (flaked oats toasted in a 350°F/177°C for 8 – 10 minutes and cooled) or cacao nibs.

  

Recipe Notes

Using the same recipes as above, this Irish Layered Cake can become an Irish Trifle: