Irish Cream Chocolate Sourdough Cake
Irish Cream Chocolate Sourdough Cake
Top O’ The Mornin’ To Ya… Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Irish Cream Sourdough Cake is super sensational. This cake has it all; chocolate, sourdough starter, Irish cream liqueur, cream cheese, Irish cream liqueur glaze and frosting. Hmm, oh yeah and a drizzle of chocolate syrup. All of the steps made to make this delicious cake, turn it into a true experience. Layers upon layers of delicious flavors.


Several Steps
This recipe has several steps but this cake is so worth it. It’s so good! The “cake” part of this recipe has a fed sourdough starter, cocoa powder, cold coffee and Irish cream liqueur. Then there is the cream cheese filling made with sugar, an egg, cream cheese and a little bit more ☘️ cream liqueur.
Second Step
The next step, pour half of the cake batter into a greased and floured Bundt pan. Top the batter with the cream cheese filling. Spoon the remaining batter over the cream cheese filling and carefully spread the batter over the cake. Bake and cool cake completely.
Third Step
After the cake is cooled completely, a glaze is made of confectioners sugar and additional Irish cream liqueur. This mixture is drizzled over the cooled cake and allowed to “setup” which basically means to allow the glaze to harden. After the glaze becomes firm, it’s time to make the frosting!
Last Step
The last and final step is to make the cream cheese frosting. Cream cheese, confectioners sugar and Irish cream liqueur are creamed together and spread thickly on the cake. Right before serving, chocolate syrup is drizzled over the cake. Cut thick slices and serve.


Irish Cream Chocolate Sourdough Cake
Ingredients
- 1 cup "fed" sourdough starter
- 3/4 cup milk, whole or 2%
- 2 cups flour
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder, not Dutch process
- 2 eggs
- 1 tablespoon brewed cold coffee or water
- 1/4 cup Irish Cream Liqueur
- Cream Cheese Filling Ingredients
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 8 oz package cream cheese, room temperature
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon Irish cream liqueur
- Irish Cream Glaze Ingredients
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar
- 3 tablespoons Irish cream liqueur
- Irish Cream Cheese Frosting Ingredients
- 4 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar
- 3 tablespoons Irish cream liqueur
- Chocolate Syrup, of your choice
Instructions
- Cake Directions:
- In a large bowl, stir together the fed starter, milk and flour, it will be fairly thick. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let sit at room temperature for 2 to 3 hours. The mixture will expand slightly.
- Preheat oven to 350º Grease and flour 12-cup Bundt pan, set aside.
- In a bowl of a stand mixer, fitted with the paddle attachment, combine the sugar, oil, vanilla extract, salt, baking soda, and cocoa powder. Beat on low speed to combine, the batter will be grainy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the coffee or water and Irish cream liqueur. Beat until combined. Add the starter mixture to the batter and beat on low until incorporated. This may take a few minutes and you may need to scrape the starter mixture off the paddle, (the starter will have a slightly elastic quality that makes it stick to the paddle) continue beating until batter is smooth.
- Pour 3 cups batter into greased and floured 12-cup Bundt pan. Spoon filling over batter, without touching sides of pan; cover with remaining batter. Bake for 55 to 65 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.Transfer pan to a wire rack, cool on rack for 15 minutes. Turn cake out, removing cake carefully from pan. Cool completely on wire rack.
- Cream Cheese Filling Directions
- Combine all filling ingredients in a small bowl. Beat at low speed, scraping bowl often until smooth; set aside.
- Irish Cream Glaze Directions
- In a small bowl, combine confectioners' sugar and 3 tablespoons Irish Cream Liqueur. Whisk until smooth. Drizzle over cooled cake.
- Irish Cream Cheese Frosting Directions
- Beat cream cheese until light and fluffy. Add confectioners sugar and Irish cream liqueur; beat until smooth. Spread over cooled cake.
- Drizzle with your favorite Chocolate Syrup.
*For this recipe we used O’ Donnells ☘️ Cream Liqueur that we purchased at Aldi
72 Comments on “Irish Cream Chocolate Sourdough Cake”
Hey, this looks amazing and I am thinking of making it into cupcakes! Would the filling work as frosting?
Thanks!
Sarah,
I have never tried making cupcakes with this recipe nor have I used the filling for a frosting. You could certainly add 2 tablespoons batter to your muffin cups, add a few tablespoons of filling and then top them off with more cake batter. Baking times will vary. I would stick with a basic cream cheese frosting though. Lynn
Thanks Joanne~ That about sums it up!!
G'day! one word? YUM!
Wish I could try now!
Thanks for sharing at the Foodie Friends Friday Best of 2013 Party!
Cheers! Joanne
Oh my, this sounds and looks fantastic! Thanks for sharing on Foodie Friends Friday!
Thanks!!
Good Morning Lynn, I do not know how I missed this fabulous chocolate cake, but I found it when you posted it on Carole's Food on Friday. It sounds fabulous.
I have never made a sour dough starter, so I am going to see if you have posted how to make it.
One of my daughters does not like Christmas cake, but loves Chocolate cake, and I know she will really love your cake.
Thank you for a wonderful recipe.
Best Wishes
Daphne
Hi Daphne~ Thank you so much for stopping by today~ This cake is really delicious and is worth the extra time it takes to make it:) I emailed you links for some wonderful sites, that will give you information on anything you would ever need to know about sourdough:) Just in case you didn't get them, here they are: Sourdough Home: http://www.sourdoughhome.com, Breadtopia: http://www.breadtopia.com, King Arthur Flour: http://www.kingarthurflour.com, Wild Yeast: http://www.wildyeastblog.com and Oregon Trail Sourdough Starter (Free) http://www.carlsfriends.net I hope this gives you a good start to Sourdough:) If you have anymore questions, you can email me anytime~ Lynn
Beautiful pics, Lynn. Thanks for linking in. Cheers
Thanks Carole~ Thanks for stopping~ Lynn
Love this! Thanks for joining us at Saturday Dishes, Pinned to Saturday Dishes board ~ Paula
Thanks Paula! I pinned this to Saturday Dishes~ Mother's Day~because it's something I would love to have a piece of on Mother's Day:) Lynn (hint*hint*wink*wink)
Yum! It's one of those recipes I might feel bad making but totally worth it. 🙂
Totally worth it:) I seriously thought about adding mini chocolate chips and some chopped pecans but I got a grip on myself:) lol Lynn
Congratulations!
Your recipe is featured on Full Plate Thursday this week. Have a great weekend and enjoy your new Red Plate!
Come Back Soon!
Miz Helen
Thank you Miz Helen~ It's always an honor and my pleasure to place a Red Plate on the side of my blog:) Hope you and yours Have a Very Happy Easter~Lynn
Hi Lynn,
This cake must be amazing! Hope you are having a great weekend and thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.
Come Back Soon!
Miz Helen
Thanks fro dropping by Miz Helen~ This cake was fantastic:) See you next time at Full Plate Thursday~Lynn
Hi Lisa~ Thank you and thanks for stopping by today:) Lynn
This looks amazing!
Oh my word, Lynn! That is just awesome! And I think I'm a little bit drunk just reading the recipe 😀
Haha hehe Good one:) Thanks for stopping~Lynn
Looks scrumptious! 🙂
Thanks Brenda! Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend~ Lynn
I am in love with this cake! Like I want to stuff the whole thing in my mouth!!!
Thank you!! That pretty much sums up the way we ate it!! (Can you believe my hubby even had ice cream with his!) Thanks for stopping by today and have a great weekend:) Lynn
Lynn,
Thank you for sharing this YUMMY cake at Tuesday's Trivia Party! It was David's pick of the Week. It will be featured tomorrow on my follow up. See you next week. Have a great weekend.
xoxo
Wanda Ann @ Memories by the Mile
Hi Wanda!~ Thank you and David for picking my cake to be featured tomorrow:) What a wonderful surprise!! I'll see you next week at Memories by the Mile..which I love by the way:) Thanks again~Lynn
Whoa…this cake is so ridiculous! Awesome job!! 🙂 Thanks for baking with us again this month!
Hi! Thank you and I will see you again next month~ Can't wait to see what's on the menu:) Lynn
Oh. My. Gosh. That. Looks. Amazing. Seriously. I want a slice right now. YUM!
Hi Shelley! Thanks for stopping by~ This cake was great:) Lynn
Oh boy, I can just imagine how good this cake must taste! Irish Cream in everything, wow!
Hi Jane~ Thank you!!
Looks delicious!
Thank You! Have a great week! Lynn
The Irish Cream Cheese Frosting sounds amazing! 🙂
Thank you for entering the Spike! Irish Cream Recipe Challenge & good luck!!
Hi~ Thanks for stopping by and Thanks for hosting the Spiked! Challenge, I enjoyed participating! Looking forward to the next challenge:) Lynn
Looks delicious! I love Irish Cream in chocolate cakes and cream cheese frosting makes it even better.
Thanks Rebecca! Cream cheese frosting makes everything taste better:) ~Lynn
Holy smokes girrrrl, this is outta-this-world fantastic! I so want to make this and eat it right now!! Sourdough starter never looked so good!
Thank you Robyn!! This was my first attempt at making a sourdough cake, I have to tell you, I don't think I'll ever make a chocolate cake again without using my sourdough starter:) There are certainly some great cakes today on Sourdough Surprises!! I want to try them all~ Lynn
Yum! This looks so delicious! I love the idea of mixing these flavors. So glad to be baking with you! 🙂
Thank you Rachael~ I look forward to Sourdough Surprises Challenge every month! This was my first sourdough cake! There are some really wonderful cakes shared today on Sourdough Surprises!! Everyone out did themselves:) Can't wait to give them a try~ Lynn
That looks so tasty and so perfect for this time of year. Nice job 🙂
Thank you Jessica! Have a Great Week! Lynn
I am seriously in need of a piece of this cake! It has all of my favorites in it. I need to go and read about the sourdough starter! I think I will be dreaming about this!
Thank you for sharing at the In and Out of the Kitchen link party. I look forward to seeing what you bring next week!
Cynthia at http://FeedingBig.com
Hi Cynthia~ By accident I deleted your comment:( Thank you for stopping by and I enjoy linking up to In and Out of the Kitchen Party each week:) I hope you get a chance to give this recipe a try:) Lynn
Oh God that's what I'm talking about. Food! Glorious food!
Thank you:) It was worth every calorie! Lynn
This looks awesome. The sour dough starter reminds me of friendship bread starter
Wow! Now that would have been a great idea for this cake also, using a friendship bread starter:) Thank you for stopping by~Lynn
YUM! This looks delicious! Next time I have sourdough starter I want to try this!! Thanks for linking up at Sweet & Savoury Sundays! 🙂
Hi Lorraine~ Thanks for stopping by~ See you next time at Sweet and Savoury Sundays! Lynn
It gives the cake a very slight tang and the cake has a texture that is more dense than a typical cake:) Lynn
Hi Lynn, I'm stopping by to see what other Spiked! recipes people are making… you have done a great job on this one! Deb
Hi Deb~ Thank you and Thank you for stopping by:) Lynn
Okay, I am intrigued! I have never seen sourdough starter used in a cake before. I will have to give that a try 🙂
Hi Julie~ Thanks for dropping by~ I enjoyed participating in this months Spiked! Challenge:) Lynn
This cake looks delicious, Lynn! Thanks so much for sharing and participating in the Spiked! Challenge!
Hi Michelle~ Thank you!! I look forward to linking up each week at See Ya in the Gumbo:) Lynn
Oh my gosh, Lynn. This is so over the top delicious. Love it! Thanks for linking this week!
Lynn, I need some of this to drink, oh eat! This is a beautiful cake and I must make it soon!
Great recipe for St. Patty's Day or any day!
Have a grand week,
Linda
Hi Linda~ Thanks so much for stopping by! This cake is delicious…one bite and I was smiling:) Lynn
Thank you Winnie:) That is a great compliment coming from someone who makes awesome desserts like you do:) ~Lynn
I've never tasted such a cake, and I have to say I'm super curious! It looks wonderful
Wow, Lynn, this cake looks decadent and amazing! Thanks for sharing this recipe, sounds like a must-try! Happy St. Patrick's day and have a great week! [email protected]
Thank you Cindy~ Happy St. Patrick's Day:) Lynn
oh Lord that looks so good!
-Rekita
Thank You Rekita~ It was beyond delicious…I think my hubby licked his plate! Thanks for stopping by today~Lynn
Truly it is not even 9 am and I am drooling over this cake you have made, Lynn. Yum !
If I could, I'd love to send you a big piece Cindy! One rule: No counting the calories in this cake:) hehe haha Lynn~