Editors’ Collection

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
11732 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
11,732
1 hour 15 minutes
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Irish Cream Coffee Cake
Lidey Heuck
602 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
602
2 hours
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One-Bowl Molasses-Chocolate Cake
Yossy Arefi
256 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
256
1 hour 35 minutes
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Easy
Irish Cream Poundcake
Erin Jeanne McDowell
1181 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,181
1½ hours
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Guinness Brownies
Erin Jeanne McDowell
1185 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,185
45 minutes, plus chilling
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Rainbow Cake
Erin Jeanne McDowell
679 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
679
2 hours, plus 1½ hours’ chilling
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Chocolate Irish Cream Cake
Yossy Arefi
193 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
193
3 hours
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Irish Trifle
Martha Rose Shulman
126 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
126
2 hours, plus at least 5 hours’ chilling
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Irish Coffee
Patrick Farrell
141 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
141
10 minutes
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Easy
Grasshopper Brownies
Yossy Arefi
892 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
892
About 1 hour plus chilling
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Whipped Cream Scones With Chocolate and Cherries
Genevieve Ko
538 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
538
30 minutes
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Easy
Chocolate Stout Cake With Coffee Glaze
Laurie Ellen Pellicano
1109 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,109
1¼ hours, plus cooling
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Shortbread, 10 Ways
Melissa Clark
1967 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,967
1 hour, plus cooling
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The Marrow’s Ginger Stout Cake
Melissa Clark
1932 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,932
1½ hours plus cooling
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Rice Krispies Treats
Scott Loitsch
2388 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,388
20 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Layered Chocolate Mint Bars
Caroline Schiff
76 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
76
2 hours, plus overnight chilling
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Whiskey-Soaked Dark Chocolate Bundt Cake
Melissa Clark
1990 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,990
1 hour 30 minutes, plus cooling
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Rainbow Sprinkle Cake
Julia Moskin, Candace Nelson
4394 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
4,394
1½ hours, plus cooling
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Salted Pistachio Shortbread
Alison Roman
992 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
992
35 minutes
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Chocolate Whiskey Cake
Melissa Clark, Marti Buckley Kilpatrick
3127 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,127
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
428 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
428
2 hours
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Matcha Pie
Florence Fabricant, Four-and-Twenty Blackbirds
579 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
579
1½ hours
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Whiskey-Orange Bread Pudding
Florence Fabricant
189 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
189
1¾ hours
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Pistachio-Lemon Bars
Molly O'Neill
3715 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,715
45 minutes
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Easy
Fresh Ginger Cake
Amanda Hesser, David Lebovitz
2072 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,072
1½ hours
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Classic Oatmeal-Raisin Cookies
Melissa Clark
6761 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
6,761
45 minutes
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Grammy’s Spice Cookies
Melissa Clark, Claire Will
1603 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,603
1 hour
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Laurie Colwin’s Gingerbread
The New York Times, Laurie Colwin
440 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
440
45 minutes
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Dark Molasses Gingerbread With Whipped Cream
Kim Severson, Edna Lewis, Scott Peacock
890 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
890
1 hour
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Moist Gingerbread Cake With Lemon Glaze
Florence Fabricant
721 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
721
1 hour 15 minutes
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Oatmeal Spice Cookies
Marian Burros, Harriot Kimmel
570 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
570
2 hours 30 minutes
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