Baileys chocolate cake with baileys buttercream

Name: Baileys chocolate cake with baileys buttercream
Total time: 2700 s
Yield: One 6"by 3" cake
Cuisine: Nigerian
Ingredients: For cake; 13/4 cups flour; 3/4 cups cocoa powder; 11/2 cups sugar; 11/2 tsps baking powder; 11/2 tsps baking soda; 1 tsp salt; 2 eggs; 1/2 cup vegetable oil; 1 cup baileys; 1 tsp vanilla flavor/extract/essence; 1 cup boiling water; For buttercream: 250g butter/margaritas; 500-750 g icing sugar; 1/3 cup cocoa powder; 1/4 cup baileys

Ezinne Okwu @cook_13497776

Enugu

If you love chocolate, & you love Irish cream, then this is a great way to get the best of both worlds.

Ezinne Okwu @cook_13497776

Enugu

If you love chocolate, & you love Irish cream, then this is a great way to get the best of both worlds.

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Ingredients

30-45 minutes

One 6"by 3" cake

For cake; 13/4 cups flour
3/4 cupscocoa powder
11/2 cupssugar
11/2tsps baking powder
11/2tsps baking soda
1 tspsalt
2eggs
1/2 cupvegetable oil
1 cupbaileys
1 tspvanilla flavor/extract/essence
1 cupboiling water
For buttercream: 250g butter/margaritas
500-750 gicing sugar
1/3 cupcocoa powder
1/4 cupbaileys

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Steps

30-45 minutes

1

Lightly grease & flour two 6"pans or 1 8" pan & set aside. Alternatively, line pans with parchment paper. Preheat your oven & set to medium heat.
2

Sieve flour, cocoa powder, baking powder & baking soda into your mixing bowl, add sugar & salt, & mix thoroughly.
3

Add the eggs, oil, baileys & vanilla to the flour mixture & mix till thoroughly combined.
4

Add the boiling water lastly & fold in till batter is smooth & mixed completely. Pour batter into prepared pans & bake on medium heat for 30-45minutes, or till a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean.
5

For the buttercream; Cream butter/margarine till light & fluffy, add icing sugar & cocoa powder 1 cup at a time & mix, add the baileys & mix thoroughly. If it's too thin, add more icing sugar to thicken it.
6

Apply the buttercream to the cake, after it has cooled down completely & enjoy