Sweet St. Patty's Day!

[amccomb]

A friend of mine throws a St. Patrick's Day party every year and I always try to bring a dessert for the occasion. I don't want to just frost something green and call it good, and I don't want to just flavor a cheesecake or something with Bailey's Irish Cream. In the past, I've made rhubarb pie with short crust, whiskey cake (spice cake with orange zest and currants and a whiskey glaze), scones, and a trifle.

Can anyone give me some new ideas for Irish desserts?

Thanks!

[rich]

Simple - no cooking, but very tasty and light.

Irish Jig Dessert

Serves 6

Ingredients: 2 tablespoons whiskey

2 tablespoons sugar

1 teaspoon confectioner's sugar

2 cups heavy whipping cream

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 cup coconut macaroons

Crush the macaroons and set aside. Be sure the whipping cream is thoroughly chilled, as well as the bowl and beater attachments. Mix all ingredients except the macaroons. Beat until stiff peaks form. Fold in 3/4 cup crushed macaroons. Spoon into 6-8 dessert glasses. Sprinkle with additional macaroons. Serve immediately.

Sometimes I add a little creme de menthe to give it a light green color.

Edited March 10, 2005 by rich (log)

[Jason Perlow]

Baba Au Jamesons? With a Guinness chocolate sauce or creme anglaise? Topped with white chocolate four leaf clovers with green food coloring?

[CanadianBakin']

Betterbaking.com has a recipe for Irish Apple Cake with Guinness in celebration of St. Patrick's Day that looks pretty good. It's a white cake flavoured with Guinness and then has a mixture of sliced apples, raisins, toasted walnuts and cinnamon folded in. She recommends baking it in a bundt pan or a 10"springform. If you're interested and aren't a subscriber let me know and I'll PM you the recipe.

Edited March 10, 2005 by CanadianBakin' (log)

[McDuff]

I thought I was very clever coming up with a cake filled with a Bailey's flavored mousse made with mycryo for the earthy crunch groceria. The regional president was in the store today, so they pulled one out of the case to sample and as I was leaving today a co-worker was digging into the remains of it and commented that it "tasted like tiramisu!" Damn!

[Ling]

There's a Guiness Stout cake recipe on Epicurious.

[M. Lucia]

I know it's Scottish, not Irish, but I made the Ecclefechan Tart from Bon Appetit and it was great. Perhaps the Irish make something similar?

Scottish Desserts

[lcdm]

We always have bread pudding with a Irish Whiskey sauce.