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St. Patrick’s Day Desserts

Satisfying sweets to finish off the holiday meal like chocolate Guinness cake, classic shortbread and Irish trifle.

Sang An for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Simon Andrews.

Recipes

Chocolate Guinness Cake
Nigella Lawson
12331 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
12,331
1 hour 15 minutes
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Irish Cream Coffee Cake
Lidey Heuck
608 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
608
2 hours
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One-Bowl Molasses-Chocolate Cake
Yossy Arefi
260 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
260
1 hour 35 minutes
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Easy
Irish Cream Poundcake
Erin Jeanne McDowell
1183 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,183
1½ hours
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Guinness Brownies
Erin Jeanne McDowell
1189 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,189
45 minutes, plus chilling
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Rainbow Cake
Erin Jeanne McDowell
681 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
681
2 hours, plus 1½ hours’ chilling
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Chocolate Irish Cream Cake
Yossy Arefi
209 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
209
3 hours
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Irish Trifle
Martha Rose Shulman
127 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
127
2 hours, plus at least 5 hours’ chilling
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Irish Coffee
Patrick Farrell
143 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
143
10 minutes
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Easy
Grasshopper Brownies
Yossy Arefi
900 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
900
About 1 hour plus chilling
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Whipped Cream Scones With Chocolate and Cherries
Genevieve Ko
542 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
542
30 minutes
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Easy
Chocolate Stout Cake With Coffee Glaze
Laurie Ellen Pellicano
1117 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,117
1¼ hours, plus cooling
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Shortbread, 10 Ways
Melissa Clark
2023 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,023
1 hour, plus cooling
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The Marrow’s Ginger Stout Cake
Melissa Clark
1992 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,992
1½ hours plus cooling
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Rice Krispies Treats
Scott Loitsch
2562 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,562
20 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Layered Chocolate Mint Bars
Caroline Schiff
80 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
80
2 hours, plus overnight chilling
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Whiskey-Soaked Dark Chocolate Bundt Cake
Melissa Clark
2030 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,030
1 hour 30 minutes, plus cooling
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Rainbow Sprinkle Cake
Julia Moskin, Candace Nelson
4407 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
4,407
1½ hours, plus cooling
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Salted Pistachio Shortbread
Alison Roman
1068 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,068
35 minutes
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Chocolate Whiskey Cake
Melissa Clark, Marti Buckley Kilpatrick
3166 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,166
1 hour 25 minutes
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Lime, Mint and Rum Tarts
Yotam Ottolenghi
235 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
235
About 1 hour, plus chilling
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Whiskey-Apple Crumble Pie
Florence Fabricant, Ronald M. Silver, Jen Bervin
437 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
437
2 hours
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Matcha Pie
Florence Fabricant, Four-and-Twenty Blackbirds
583 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
583
1½ hours
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Whiskey-Orange Bread Pudding
Florence Fabricant
195 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
195
1¾ hours
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Pistachio-Lemon Bars
Molly O'Neill
3834 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,834
45 minutes
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Easy
Fresh Ginger Cake
Amanda Hesser, David Lebovitz
2225 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,225
1½ hours
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Classic Oatmeal-Raisin Cookies
Melissa Clark
6944 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
6,944
45 minutes
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Grammy’s Spice Cookies
Melissa Clark, Claire Will
1700 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,700
1 hour
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Laurie Colwin’s Gingerbread
The New York Times, Laurie Colwin
452 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
452
45 minutes
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Dark Molasses Gingerbread With Whipped Cream
Kim Severson, Edna Lewis, Scott Peacock
921 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
921
1 hour
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Moist Gingerbread Cake With Lemon Glaze
Florence Fabricant
743 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
743
1 hour 15 minutes
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Oatmeal Spice Cookies
Marian Burros, Harriot Kimmel
573 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
573
2 hours 30 minutes
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