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
11269 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
11,269
1 hour 15 minutes
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Irish Cream Coffee Cake
Lidey Heuck
597 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
597
2 hours
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One-Bowl Molasses-Chocolate Cake
Yossy Arefi
249 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
249
1 hour 35 minutes
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Easy
Irish Cream Poundcake
Erin Jeanne McDowell
1180 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,180
1½ hours
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Guinness Brownies
Erin Jeanne McDowell
1176 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,176
45 minutes, plus chilling
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Rainbow Cake
Erin Jeanne McDowell
678 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
678
2 hours, plus 1½ hours’ chilling
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Chocolate Irish Cream Cake
Yossy Arefi
159 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
159
3 hours
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Irish Trifle
Martha Rose Shulman
124 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
124
2 hours, plus at least 5 hours’ chilling
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Irish Coffee
Patrick Farrell
139 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
139
10 minutes
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Easy
Grasshopper Brownies
Yossy Arefi
883 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
883
About 1 hour plus chilling
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Whipped Cream Scones With Chocolate and Cherries
Genevieve Ko
534 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
534
30 minutes
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Easy
Chocolate Stout Cake With Coffee Glaze
Laurie Ellen Pellicano
1103 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,103
1¼ hours, plus cooling
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Shortbread, 10 Ways
Melissa Clark
1930 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,930
1 hour, plus cooling
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The Marrow’s Ginger Stout Cake
Melissa Clark
1914 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,914
1½ hours plus cooling
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Rice Krispies Treats
Scott Loitsch
2280 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,280
20 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Layered Chocolate Mint Bars
Caroline Schiff
75 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
75
2 hours, plus overnight chilling
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Whiskey-Soaked Dark Chocolate Bundt Cake
Melissa Clark
1959 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,959
1 hour 30 minutes, plus cooling
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Rainbow Sprinkle Cake
Julia Moskin, Candace Nelson
4370 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
4,370
1½ hours, plus cooling
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Salted Pistachio Shortbread
Alison Roman
983 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
983
35 minutes
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Chocolate Whiskey Cake
Melissa Clark, Marti Buckley Kilpatrick
3085 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,085
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
421 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
421
2 hours
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Matcha Pie
Florence Fabricant, Four-and-Twenty Blackbirds
572 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
572
1½ hours
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Whiskey-Orange Bread Pudding
Florence Fabricant
187 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
187
1¾ hours
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Pistachio-Lemon Bars
Molly O'Neill
3646 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,646
45 minutes
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Easy
Fresh Ginger Cake
Amanda Hesser, David Lebovitz
1990 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,990
1½ hours
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Classic Oatmeal-Raisin Cookies
Melissa Clark
6560 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
6,560
45 minutes
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Grammy’s Spice Cookies
Melissa Clark, Claire Will
1583 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,583
1 hour
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Laurie Colwin’s Gingerbread
The New York Times, Laurie Colwin
437 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
437
45 minutes
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Dark Molasses Gingerbread With Whipped Cream
Kim Severson, Edna Lewis, Scott Peacock
866 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
866
1 hour
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Moist Gingerbread Cake With Lemon Glaze
Florence Fabricant
707 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
707
1 hour 15 minutes
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Oatmeal Spice Cookies
Marian Burros, Harriot Kimmel
565 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
565
2 hours 30 minutes
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