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    Irish Cream Baked Donuts

    Published: Mar 4, 2021 · Modified: Mar 11, 2021 by Kate Hackworthy · This post may contain affiliate links ·

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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.

    Donut with a bite out on a plate.

    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!

    Donuts being glazed.

    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.

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    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. 

    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.
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    Prep Time 10 mins
    Cook Time 15 mins
    Total Time 25 mins
    Course Dessert
    Cuisine American
    Servings 18
    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.

    Tried this recipe?Mention @kateveggiedesserts or tag #veggiedesserts! I love seeing your recreations.

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    Comments

    1. Marilyn

      March 05, 2021 at 1:07 pm

      Will they work us sing GF flour?

      Reply
      • Kate Hackworthy

        March 05, 2021 at 3:26 pm

        Hi, I haven't tested with gf flour, but if you use your usual one for cakes, then it should work!

        Reply
    2. Lynne Harper

      December 21, 2017 at 3:04 pm

      5 stars
      Being Irish I'm all for some Irish cream yummy. These also look incredible and sound really good as well 🙂 thanks for sharing

      Reply
    3. Tina Dawson | Love is in my Tummy

      December 20, 2017 at 4:58 pm

      5 stars
      Oh my word, my donut pan has been unused for far too long!

      Reply
    4. Veena Azmanov

      December 20, 2017 at 4:27 pm

      5 stars
      Oh my Irish cream in doughnuts.. now there's a treat that calling my name. YUM! I drink Irish cream guilt free around Christmas !! ha!!

      Reply
    5. Jenny

      December 20, 2017 at 4:02 pm

      I love the sound of baked donuts at home - can't wait to try this out!

      Reply
    6. Nicola

      December 20, 2017 at 3:41 pm

      These look so pretty! I wish I was a doughnut fan as they look adorable.

      Reply
    7. Elizabeth

      December 20, 2017 at 3:17 pm

      5 stars
      Oh my goodness how beautiful are these?! Almost too pretty to eat!

      Reply
    8. Allison - Celebrating Sweets

      December 20, 2017 at 3:14 pm

      I love baked donuts because I can eat them guilt free, Ha! These look great!

      Reply
    9. Emma @ Supper in the Suburbs

      December 20, 2017 at 3:06 pm

      Irish cream liquer is an absolute Christmas MUST!!! These sound delicious. I think I will whip up a batch the second I break up from work for the Christmas break 🙂

      Reply

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