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North Carolina Country Living and Farmhouse Style

North Carolina Country Living and Farmhouse Style
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St. Patrick’s Day Treats

· Holidays

I’ve been in the mood to bake lately and what better way to celebrate St. Patty’s Day than with a brown sugar pound cake and coffee with homemade Irish Cream?

I will admit, I am addicted to Irish Cream flavoring in my coffee. I hated it when Starbucks discontinued until I found Caribou Coffee who still carried it. Just recently, Caribou discontinued it as well. Nooooo!!!!! I was so disappointed. Where will I get my Irish Cream? Well, this recipe from 52 Kitchen Adventures is for real Irish Cream, different than the flavoring but it still tastes great in coffee.

Homemade Irish Cream:


1 cup heavy cream
14 oz. sweet and condensed milk
1/3 cup Irish Whiskey (I used much less in mine, adjust it to your taste)
2 tbsp chocolate syrup
1 tsp instant coffee
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp almond extract


Blend all ingredients together in a blender. Put in an airtight container and store in the refrigerator for up to 1 month. 



Now for the cake part……not exactly how I imagined it would turn out. I had big plans to bake a Brown Sugar Pound Cake with Caramel Glaze using the recipe from Southern Cakes by Nancie McDermott. I have made this cake before, but this time I managed to ruin it by lazily using Pam spray instead of greasing the pan with coconut oil like I should have. So, for all you beginning bakers out there, DO NOT USE PAM SPRAY!  It is evil. It ruined my pound cake by essentially boiling the edges of the cake so that the cake stuck to the sides of the bundt pan.

Even as a crumbled mess, the brown sugar pound cake still tasted great with its caramel glaze (just not too pretty)!

Now if I can only remember to wear green this St. Patrick’s Day…..hope yours is a fun one!

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Comments

  1. Ah, so yummy! I love Irish cream, what a nice idea!

  2. Ah, so yummy! I love Irish cream, what a nice idea!

  3. Irish cream, oh my. It sounds amazing! If I had Irish Whiskey in the house, I'd go and make some right this minute! (With decaf coffee at this hour. 🙂

    I hear you about Pam. I always worry about what's in the propellant, so I try no to use it but…do I sometimes? Yes. Never heard of using coconut oil though. Is that a Southern thing?
    Camille

  4. Irish cream, oh my. It sounds amazing! If I had Irish Whiskey in the house, I'd go and make some right this minute! (With decaf coffee at this hour. 🙂

    I hear you about Pam. I always worry about what's in the propellant, so I try no to use it but…do I sometimes? Yes. Never heard of using coconut oil though. Is that a Southern thing?
    Camille

  5. P.S. I think a flask is in order here for taking with you to the coffee shop. 😉
    Camille

  6. I have to make my own Irish Creme now! People already think I am crazy for all the stuff I make from scratch, what's one more?

  7. I have to make my own Irish Creme now! People already think I am crazy for all the stuff I make from scratch, what's one more?

  8. No, I don't think coconut oil is a southern thing…more of a healthy alternative to grasing with butter. It is great for baking!

  9. No, I don't think coconut oil is a southern thing…more of a healthy alternative to grasing with butter. It is great for baking!

  13. Lovely pictures, as always. What nice style you have! Hope all is well.
    -Kaitlin
    (your blog will not let me comment with my wordpress ID…weird)

  14. Lovely pictures, as always. What nice style you have! Hope all is well.
    -Kaitlin
    (your blog will not let me comment with my wordpress ID…weird)

  15. I know I totally understand!! If I had more time I'd like to make almost everything from scratch and really get back to the basics. Sigh….maybe someday……

  16. I know I totally understand!! If I had more time I'd like to make almost everything from scratch and really get back to the basics. Sigh….maybe someday……

  17. Thanks, Kaitlin! That is strange about the commenting….I will have to look into that. Thanks for letting me know and I hope all is well with you too!

  18. Thanks, Kaitlin! That is strange about the commenting….I will have to look into that. Thanks for letting me know and I hope all is well with you too!

  19. Thanks, Kaitlin! That is strange about the commenting….I will have to look into that. Thanks for letting me know and I hope all is well with you too!