Irish Cream Cake

St. Patrick's Day is Saturday, March 17th and if you are planning a party, this cake will surely be a big hit.

Prep time- 30 min. Total time- 3 hrs.

Ingredients:

Cake

1 Box Betty Crocker Super Moist cake mix

1 Box(4 serving size) chocolate instant pudding and pie filling

4 eggs

1/3 Cup veg. oil

1 Cup Irish Cream liqueur

1 Cup sour cream

Irish Cream Frosting:

1 Cup butter or margarine, softened

4 Ozs. cream cheese (half of 8oz. pkg.)

3 Cups powdered sugar

1/4 Cup Irish Cream liqueur

1 Tsp. vanilla

Chocolate Glaze:

4 Ozs. bittersweet baking chocolate, chopped

1/2 Cup whipping cream

1/4 Cup light corn syrup

2 Tsp. vanilla

1/3 Cup sliced, toasted almonds

Directions:

Step 1. Heat oven to 350 degrees.(325 for dark or non-stick pans.) Spray 2- 9 inch round pans with cooking spray.

Step 2.In a lg. bowl, beat all cake mix ingredients with electric mixer on high speed for 5 min., scraping bowl occasionally, until well blended. Pour batter into pans, bake 35 to 45 min. or until toothpick inserted in the middle of cake comes out clean. Cool 10 min., remove from pans to cooling rack. Cool completely.

Step 3. In a lg. bowl, beat butter or margarine and cream cheese with electric mixer on med. speed until light and fluffy. Reduce speed to low. Add powdered sugar(1 cup at a time) beating until blended. Add 1/4 cup Irish Cream liqueur and 1 tsp. vanilla; beat until frosting is smooth and spreadable.

Step. 4 Place 1 cake layer on serving plate, spread with 1/3 of frosting. Top with second layer. Frost top and sides of cake with a thin layer of frosting to seal in crumbs. Refrig. 30 min. Frost cake with remaining frosting.

Step. 5 Place chopped chocolate in a small bowl. In a small saucepan, heat whipping cream over med. heat until bubbles form around edge. Pour warm cream over chocolate; let stand 1 min. Stir with whisk until chocolate is melted. Add corn syrup and 2 tsp. vanilla. Stir until smooth. Let stand 10 min. or until thickened.

Step 6. Pour glaze on top of cake, letting some glaze drip down the sides. Sprinkle almonds around edge of cake.