Individual Green (St. Patty's) Desserts
Decorating By mikaza Updated 20 Mar 2006 , 11:55pm by mikaza
Hey all
I've been asked to make about 15 individual sized green desserts for a St. Patty's day party--any ideas?
I've been thinking about a guiness cake (I've seen recipes, but never made one...anybody have a good or bad experience?) with a green (possibly irish whiskey flavored) whipped cream
I"ve also thought of just doing one of my regular desserts, and making little green shamrocks to put on them...but I was hoping for something a little more exciting!
Any ideas!?!?
I got a cute recipe in the mail for a St. Patrick's Day dessert that was kind of like a trifle with Oreos and pudding. I have it at home. Let me know if you're interested!
Well, I just decided to try the Guinness cake and it is YUMMY!
It is almost like a rich spice cake with a little bit of a chocolatey taste. Then I decided that since the guinness wasnt a strong taste, I needed something to make it more Irish...so I made a Bailey's Irish Creamcheese frosting!
Now I have to decide if I need something green too..
I actually found it on Oprah's website. I did a google search and found a bunch of recipes, but the one on her site seemed the most simple and I thought it would taste good--and it did!
Here is the link: http://www.oprah.com/foodhome/food/recipes/food_20020916_guinnesscake.jhtml
The only thing I did differently was omit the cardamon, and add about 1tbps molases to the butter/sugar mixture. Oh, and I made cupcakes instead of a cake.
What about an Chocolate Cake with Bailey's Irish Buttercream Filling and Mint Flavoured Frosting Tinted Green with chocolate curls/sprinkles on the sides.
or you could do this one from epicurious and make the chocolate wraps from white chocolate tinted green.
http://www.epicurious.com/bonappetit/cooking_class/cake
Ohhh that Irish Cream mousse cake looks sinfully good!
I did a taste test with the people, and they loved the guiness cake with the baileys frosting...but they now want me to make a single cake with the frosting as filling, and make fresh whipped cream (tinted green) to dollop on top.
Works for me! Only problem with make a whole cake...I dont get my own piece to taste! (Unless I cut out the middle and stuff it with paper towels, a la Bill Cosby!)
I didnt have a recipe for the frosting...I just used some cream cheese, powdered sugar, baileys and vanilla...and mixed until it tasted right!
I started out with 8 oz. cream cheese and 1/4 c. of Baileys--but I cant even guess how much sugar (I just poured from a 4 lb bag) or vanilla (a few squirts...) I added...I also added more Baileys once everything was mixed to give a strong enough taste!
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