Irish Coffee Cake

A delicious finale to a great dinner! This cake is made with coffee and laced with Irish whiskey! Add some whipped cream and you have Irish Coffee Cake. Source: Canadian Living

• Ready In: 1 hr
• Serves: 6-8
• Yields: 1 cake

Ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup butter, softened
• 1⁄2 cup white sugar
• 2  eggs
• 1  teaspoon instant espresso powder or 1  teaspoon instant coffee granules
• 1  teaspoon vanilla
• 1  cup all-purpose flour
• 1⁄3 cup  slivered almonds, toasted
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt

• Coffee Syrup

• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 1⁄2 cup strong black coffee
• 1⁄4 cup  Irish whiskey

• Topping

• 1⁄2 cup  whipping cream
• 2  tablespoons  Irish whiskey
• 1  tablespoon sugar
•  chocolate-covered coffee beans (optional)

Directions

1. CAKE:
2. Beat butter with sugar until fluffy.
3. Beat in eggs, one at a time.
4. Dissolve espresso powder in vanilla, beat into butter mixture.
5. Mix flour, almonds, baking powder and salt; stir into butter mixture.
6. Spread batter in a greased 8-inch round cake pan.
7. Bake in 350°F oven for 30 minutes or until tester comes out clean.
8. Cool on rack for 5 minutes.
9. Run knife around edge of cake to separate from pan; turn out onto rack, let cool completely.
10. COFFEE SYRUP:
11. In a saucepan, bring sugar and coffee to a boil, stirring to dissolve sugar, boil for 1 minute.
12. Remove from heat and stir in whiskey.
13. Return the cooled cake to the baking pan, poke holes all over top with a toothpick or skewer.
14. Pour coffee syrup over cake. Let cool for 1 hour or until syrup is absorbed.
15. Remove from pan; place on serving plate.
16. TOPPING:
17. Whip cream with whiskey and sugar, pipe along the top edge of the cake.
18. Garnish with coffee beans!
19. Prep time does not include cooling time.