irish cream crumb cake
Crumb cake meets pound cake in this absolute gem of a cake! Richly infused with Irish Cream liqueur and topped with a lavish layer of buttery crumbs, this plush and golden Irish cream crumb cake is absolutely irresistible (translation: this is the cake you carve into thin slivers at midnight, or slice into thick slabs for a late morning snack).
Whether you bake this everyday cake for St. Patrick’s Day or simply on an afternoon whim, I know you’ll find it delicious down to the very last crumb.
Irish Cream Crumb Cake
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 55 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
- Yield: 1 loaf, 12 slices
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Bake
- Cuisine: American
Description
Richly infused with Irish Cream liqueur and topped with buttery crumbs, this plush Irish cream crumb cake is absolutely irresistible!
Ingredients
Topping
- 3 Tbsp sugar
- 3 Tbsp light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup flour
- pinch of salt
- 2 Tbsp unsalted butter, melted
- 1 Tbsp Irish Cream
Cake
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 large egg, at room temperature
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup plain fat-free Greek yogurt, at room temperature
- 1/4 cup Irish Cream
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and spray a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan with nonstick spray. For the crumb topping, whisk together sugar, brown sugar, flour, and salt in a small bowl; add melted butter and Irish Cream, and toss mixture with a fork until crumbly. Chill topping in the freezer until needed.
- For the cake, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl. Beat butter and sugar in a large mixer bowl at medium speed until light and fluffy; beat in egg, and vanilla. Combine yogurt and Irish Cream in a small bowl. Reduce speed to low and add half of flour mixture, beating just to combine. Add yogurt mixture, then finish with remaining flour mixture.
- Scrape batter into prepared baking pan (batter will be thick) and smooth with an offset spatula; tap pan sharply to remove air bubbles and sprinkle with crumb topping. Bake for 55 to 58 minutes, until edges are golden, cake springs back to the touch, and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean or with a few crumbs attached. Cool in pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes; carefully remove cake from pan and cool completely on wire rack.
Notes
Recommended: Place cooling rack over a piece of parchment paper to catch any crumbs that fall off as you remove cake from the pan – simply sprinkle them back on the cake (or eat and enjoy!).
Nutrition
- Calories: 228
- Carbohydrates: 36
Keywords: Irish Cream, Crumb Cake, Loaf Cake
More Irish Cream recipes to try:
Baileys Irish Cream Brownies
Irish Cream Chocolate Chip Cookies
Chocolate and Irish Cream Pound Cake
This cake is right up my alley! I love that you added Irish cream to it.
Irish Cream in my morning coffee cake, heck yeah! This looks amazing, pinning!
Irish cream! Fabulous addition to this stellar crumb cake!
I love the Irish Cream addition in this crumb cake Laura.And it has to be the prettiest crumb cake I’ve ever seen! I can just taste it!
Between the Irish cream and the crumb topping, I’d be in heaven with every delicious bite!!
Oh my giddy aunt, that looks divine!
Loving this gorgeous cake so much, Laura! The Irish cream sounds like such a delicious addition, and I’m adoring the way you photographed it as well. Stunning!
This looks so delicious!
Absolutely perfect crumb cake! Love the Irish cream flavour 🙂
This was the first thing I saw when I woke up today (via your Instagram account)! And I still want a slice hours later 😀
That crumb topping looks SO good!
Girl, you had me at Irish Cream!!! This cake is must-make! YUM!
What a beautiful cake Laura! It looks so moist and that lovely crumb topping! I cannot say no to Irish Cream, either! 🙂
Alwasy YES to crumb cake! And you added irish cream … YUM
WOW! What can be a better afternoon treat with coffee or tea!? Seriously! brilliant addition of the crumb on top of the pound cake!
Love the fusion of crumb + pound cake here! Those gorgeous buttery crumbs are calling my name with my cup of coffee right now! 🙂
What a gorgeous cake, Laura. LOVE IT. <3 xo