The Chocolate Liqueur Cake turns out very moist, with a nice, rich, chocolate flavor.

I promise you, this is the last dessert for the year and you can go on to your New Year’s resolution. But seriously, what kind of a New Year’s party is it, without a kick in the cake? This cake has it all perfectly blended in.
If you’re in hunt for a few more, similar recipes, you may like a Drunken Cherry Cake or Chocolate Drunken Cherry Roll.
Recipe
The Chocolate Liqueur Cake turns out very moist, with a nice, rich, chocolate flavor.
Ingredients
Chocolate Cake Cream
- 1 1/2 cup Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips
- 1 cup Unsalted Butter (softened)
- 10 oz Condensed Milk
- 2 cup Heavy Whipped Cream: very cold
To Decorate and Soak the Cake
- 1 cup Whipping Cream for soaking
- 1/2 cup Irish Cream Liqueur for soaking
- 3 tbsp Cacao Powder decorate
- 1 Chocolate Bar decorate
Instructions
- Beat eggs (no need to separate them) with sugar until it’s three times in volume. Sift flour together with cacao. Using a spatula, fold in flour by thirds; be very gentle with dough, so you don't over mix it and lose the fluffiness. Place dough into 9 inch pan. Bake at 350F for 30 minutes, check it with a wooden toothpick. If the cake is ready, dough should not stick to the toothpick.
- Once the cake cools, cut the cake into three or four slices.
- Soak the slices with whipping cream and liqueur combined together; set it aside.
- Melt chocolate chips in a microwave, stir chocolate every few seconds not to overcook. Whip together chocolate, butter and condensed milk. Whip until well combined.
- In a separate bowl, whisk very cold heavy whipping cream until soft peaks. Fold in chocolate butter mixture into whipped cream.
- Place a layer of cake on a plate, cover with cream, repeat until you ran out of cake layers.
- Using the remaining cream, decorate the outside of the cake.
- Dust sides of the cake with cacao powder and some shredded chocolate or decorate as you wish.
Nutrition Facts
Chocolate Liqueur Cake
Amount Per Serving
Calories 609
Calories from Fat 351
% Daily Value*
Fat 39g60%
Saturated Fat 23g115%
Cholesterol 153mg51%
Sodium 71mg3%
Potassium 341mg10%
Carbohydrates 56g19%
Fiber 3g12%
Sugar 44g49%
Protein 8g16%
Vitamin A 1006IU20%
Vitamin C 1mg1%
Calcium 125mg13%
Iron 3mg17%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Hi,
Thank you for the recipe. For how long it should be refrigerated? Can I bake it in the morning and will it be moist and ready to enjoy in the evening?
Thank you for your time!
Hey Julia, overnight should be long enough for the flavors to come together.
So I made it with cool whip and everyone loved it. It is such a delicious cake!
Wow!! Looks stunning. Thank you for sharing photos.
Could I use cool whip from a container to mix into the cream instead of that whipping cream that you need to beat cause thats all I have at this moment. ?
Yes you can. I do that sometimes too, I just like whipping cream more.
Hi! You melted the chocolate chips with what?
On their own. Just stir them every few seconds so they don't burn.
Hey! What whipping cream do you use? Is it just heavy cream?
Yes, I used heavy whipping cream
For soaking it's just the heavy cream and baileys? No sugar added?
Yes, no sugar needed 🙂
Looks delicious! Thinking of making this today, but don't have liquor, but I do have khula, would that work?
Yes Khula will work just fine in this recipe.
Здравствуйте ! Вы пишете у всех рецептах в кружках , мне совсем не понять как это кружка масла ? Можете сказать в граммах сколько это 1 cup butter ?) и еще если можно скажите и сколько грамм в вашей кружке?) что бы знать и для муки , сахара ) спасибо !
We use a measuring cup. You can google for conversion how much 1 cup has of grams. The butter that I buy has a measurements on it.
Great cake! Made it for Easter and everyone loved it! I topped it with strawberries and covered it with chocolate ganache… yumm! Thank you for great recipe!
I can totally see how strawberries would be amazing addition to this cake! Thank you for giving me idea 😉
What type of flour did you use? Cake, All-Purpose, or Self Rising? Thanks!
All-Purpose works great in this recipe 🙂 keep me posted on how you like the turn out.
Made this cake yesterday-delicious! It is not too sweet at all-just the perfect combination of the slight bitterness of the chocolate with the sweetness of condensed milk. And I won't lie, I reversed the amouny of Bailey's and cream :-). Will be making it again!
Oh yumm!!! You did such a good job describing the cake, I want a slice now 😉 I am glad you liked the cake!
Hi Natasha, do you think adding rum to the cake instead of Irish cream would make a huge difference in taste?
Rum is much stronger but I think it would still taste great. 🙂
Natasha I made this cake for new years. It was very very good. Thank you.!
Oh awesome 🙂 I know you are a pro at baking so this means a lot to me that you liked the cake 😉
i had made this cake a couple of days ago. The cake turned out OK. My family loved the taste however I thought that there are more frosting then a cake so next time I think i will bake two cakes ( I only was able to cut my cake twice so I got three layers all together). The frosting is extremely rich so I did not want to saturate the cake with it too much. I also thought that it was too sweet so I am thinking to cut down amount of sugar in the cake batter. I hope it will not interfere with cake texture . I am new to baking 🙂
It might not have rise enough because I was able to slice my cake into 4 pieces and needed that much cream to make it moist. You can cut down on condensed milk because cutting down on sugar in the cake can change the texture. Hope this helps 😉
Thank you so much for your input. I really appreciated your suggestion.
🙂 No problem! Hope you get results you love next time 😉
Another delicious cake, Natasha, I'm sure. I love adding liqueur to cakes, especially chocolate cakes, it gives such a great flavor addition.
Yes, liquor and chocolate is a perfect marriage 🙂 lol
I love chocolate =) I think we all do lol, I will be making it his week
Keep me posted on the turn out 😉
And what if I cant have liqueur, just omit it?
Sure, you can. It's it be a rich chocolate cake! I am sure you will love it
This looks soooo yummy! Can't wait to try it! Love cakes w heavy cream frosting its so light and heavenly! ?
Thank you Oksana. I agree, heavy cream is perfect for any cake. Keep me posted on the cake turn out 🙂