5 Minute Boozy Baileys Frosting

If you have 5 minutes, a bottle of Baileys Irish Cream, and a couple pantry staples, you can make this boozy Baileys frosting! Whipped up easily in a hand or stand mixer, this frosting is the perfect topping to my Guinness chocolate cake. It’s fluffy, light, and makes enough to fill and frost a 9 inch cake or 12 cupcakes. This frosting is fun and festive, you’ll want to make it over and over again.

Get ready to party with this Baileys frosting! When I was making the recipe for this Guinness chocolate cake, I wasnt sure if I should top it with a chocolate cream cheese frosting, or make a new boozy recipe to fill and frost it.

Ladies and gentlemen, I decided to go for the booze. Your’e welcome. It takes literally just 5 minutes to whip up this Baileys icing, especially if you are using a stand mixer. You can do this in a hand mixer too but it can take a bit longer because they are not as powerful.

All you need are a few simple ingredients. Powdered sugar, unsalted butter, Bailey’s Irish cream, and milk. If you are making the Guinness cake too, I also poured a tad of the syrup you make in that recipe into the frosting because you’ll have some leftover, and because the slight bitterness helps contrast with the super sweet frosting flavor.

You can leave it out if you’re making a different cake. The frosting would also be amazing on these chocolate fudge cupcakes too because this frosting pipes really well!

When I was in culinary school one of my favorite things to do was to make frostings in any flavor I could think of. This type of frosting is an American buttercream which just means that the base is powdered sugar and butter, and then you’ll add a flavor, and milk to loosen the frosting and make it easy to spread.

Lemme show you how to make it!

Make the frosting

You’ll need unsalted butter at room temperature first. Room temp butter is actually colder than you might think. It should make a slight indentation when you press it and still feel cold. It should not be greasy and your finger should not be able to push all the way down.

Throw the unsalted room temp butter into the bowl of a stand mixer and pour the powdered sugar on top. Mix on low- medium speed for 1-2 minutes until the mixture is combined well, like a paste.

Scrape down the bowl and with the mixer on low add in the Baileys, the milk, and the Guinness syrup (if making the cake too).

Mix on high speed for 30 seconds to fluff it up. Tada! You are done! If the frosting is too thick, then just thin it with a little more liquid- I would go for the milk. If its too thin, add a bit more powdered sugar and mix again till you get to the consistency you lile.

Seriously could that be easier?

Amount of Baileys

I only used 2 tsp of Baileys in this recipe. I didnt have a big bottle at home, and I didnt want to buy it just for the recipe, so I bought one of those teeny tiny bottles. It’s more than enough for what you’ll need. Adding too much into the recipe can make it taste too boozy. I found that 2 tsp was the right amount for the flavor to come through.

The alcohol flavor will not cook off for this frosting because there is no cooking involved. To each their own, I would give this to my kids but please make your own decisions.

Yield

This icing will make enough to fill and frost a 2 layer 9″ cake lightly or frost 12 cupcakes. If you want to have a thicker frosting layer, double the recipe. You will still only need that one teeny bottle. No need for a big one.

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