Name: Irish Cream Baked Donuts
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Ingredients: 1 cup (200ml) milk; ½ cup (100g) sugar; 3 tablespoon Irish Cream Liqueur; 2 tablespoon butter (melted and cooled); 1 egg; 1 cup (225g) all-purpose flour (plain flour); 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder; 4 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder; 1 cup (125g) powdered icing sugar ((confectioner's)); 2 tablespoons Irish Cream; 2 teaspoons sprinkles

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Irish Cream baked donuts are a great St. Patrick's Day treat. They're easy to make and bring the lovely flavour of Irish cream into dessert!

Donuts on a wire rack, with some covered in glaze.

Irish Cream is sooo tasty. Smooth, decadent and delicious.

But there's no need to just pour it into a glass, cocktail or to jazz up a coffee. It's also great in... donuts!

Whether you're making them for Christmas, St Patrick's Day or any day, you'll love these easy, flavorful baked doughnuts.

This post was originally posted on December 20 2017 and republished with updated text on March 4 2021.

Recipe commissioned by Feeney's.

Why You'll Love This Recipe

Baked donuts are healthier than fried.

These are grown up donuts with a hint of booze from the Irish Cream flavor.

They're an easy dessert to make.

Perfect for St. Patrick's Day.

Also great at Christmas.

They light and fluffy cake donuts have a rich flavor.

The Irish Cream glaze tastes divine.

The Irish Cream Liqueur makes these grown-up doughnuts extra special.

The creamy alcohol drink lends a subtle and dreamy flavour to the chocolate sponge and gives the glaze a bit of kick from the alcohol and fab flavour.

Donut on a wire rack with glaze and sprinkles.

Baked Donuts

Baking doughnuts makes them far easier and a bit healthier.

Rather than deep frying like a traditional doughnut, the batter is spooned into a donut pan (inexpensive from Amazon) and popped into the oven for 15 minutes.

They're essentially a cupcakes in circle form - and that makes them fun and extra special.

Plus, you can still add glaze, icing and sprinkles. Always a must!

Try these other donut recipes too!

Baked Lemon Spinach Donuts

Pumpkin Donuts with Chocolate Glaze

Vegan Earl Grey Chocolate Donuts

Churro Donuts

Glazed baked donuts on a wire rack in front of a bottle of Irish Cream.

Boozy Bakes

I love trying boozy bakes, as the drinks add a great flavour and are fun to experiment with.

You could also try my gin icing or winter-spiced cake with mulled wine drizzle.

Feeney's Irish Cream Liqueur

I first tried Feeney's a few years ago and fell madly in love with it (sorry Husband). It has that familiar creamy taste of other Irish cream liqueurs, but it's more chocolatey and creamier. Somehow fresher. That's probably because as the brand says, it goes 'from dairy to distillery in 24 hours'.

For over 25 years, they've been making luxurious Irish cream, using real diary cream from Irish farms in County Laois with rich chocolate and aged Irish whiskey. They've won loads of awards and after one sip I'm sure you'll see why!

Irish Recipes

I hope you love these Baked Irish Cream Donuts! Check out these other Irish recipes too.

Irish Colcannon
Kale Soda Bread
Irish Champ Potatoes
Potato Farls
Carrot Soda Bread

Check out these other Irish Cream recipes.

Plus, you'll get a free eBook: 15 Minute Vegan Dinners!

If you make these easy Irish Cream Baked Doughnuts recipe, please tag it with #veggiedesserts on Instagram or other social media. I LOVE seeing your recreations of my recipes.

Please drink responsibly. Be drinkaware.

Disclosure: This Irish Cream Baked Donut recipe was commissioned by Feeney's. All opinions are my own. Thanks for supporting the brands that make it possible for me to be a food blogger and write Veggie Desserts. This post contains Amazon affiliate links.

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Irish Cream Liqueur baked chocolate doughnuts, topped with Irish cream glaze and sprinkles.

Irish Cream Baked Donuts

Kate Hackworthy | Veggie Desserts

These easy baked chocolate donuts are flavoured with delicious Irish cream liqueur, then covered with an Irish cream glaze and topped with sprinkles.

5 from 4 votes

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Prep Time 10

Cook Time 15

Total Time 25

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings

Calories 135 kcal

Equipment

Donut pan

Ingredients

1 cup (200ml) milk
½ cup (100g) sugar
3 tablespoon Irish Cream Liqueur
2 tablespoon butter melted and cooled
1 egg
1 cup (225g) all-purpose flour (plain flour)
1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
4 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder

For the Irish Cream Glaze

1 cup (125g) powdered icing sugar (confectioner's)
2 tablespoons Irish Cream

To decorate (optional)

2 teaspoons sprinkles

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 170°C/325°F. Lightly grease a doughnut pan with oil
In a large bowl, beat the milk, sugar, Irish cream, cooled butter and egg together.
Sift in the flour, baking powder and cocoa powder and gently combine.
Fill the doughnut moulds with the batter until ¾ full and bake for 15 minutes, or until springy and a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean.
Leave to cool in the pan for 5 minutes, then carefully transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

For the Irish Cream Glaze

Beat the sugar and Irish cream together until smooth. It should reach a thick drizzling consistency. If necessary, add a teaspoon more of icing sugar to thicken or a teaspoon of water to thin.
Pour it into a shallow bowl and dip in the completely cooled doughnuts to cover one side. Add sprinkles if desired. Set aside to set.

Nutrition

Calories: 135kcalCarbohydrates: 24gProtein: 2gFat: 2gSaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 13mgSodium: 10mgPotassium: 52mgSugar: 14gVitamin A: 75IUCalcium: 20mgIron: 0.3mg

The nutritional information provided is approximate and can vary depending on several factors, so is not guaranteed to be accurate. Please see a registered dietician for special diet advice.

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Irish Cream Baked Donuts

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