Sometimes when I want to bake and don’t know what to do, my neighbor Nicole will toss out a flavor possibility to me. Normally she says something with chocolate. Not this week. She totally threw me for a loop and asked for a cake flavored with Baileys.
The Nicole:
2 sticks butter, softened
1/2 cup Crisco (or another stick of butter)
2 cups firmly packed light brown sugar
1 cup sugar
6 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
1/2 cup whole milk
1/2 cup Baileys Irish cream
For the Glaze:
2 cups confectioners sugar
3 tablespoons Baileys Irish cream
Preheat oven to 325*F. Butter and flour a bundt pan and set aside.
Beat the butter, Crisco and sugar together. Add the eggs one at a time and beat well after each addition. Add vanilla. Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt. Add the flour in thirds to the egg mixture and alternate with the milk and Baileys.
Pour batter into a prepared bundt pan. Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Let cool for 10 minutes before inverting onto cake plate.
Glaze: Blend the confectioners sugar and Baileys until smooth. Drizzle over cake.