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
11118 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
11,118
1 hour 15 minutes
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Irish Cream Coffee Cake
Lidey Heuck
591 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
591
2 hours
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One-Bowl Molasses-Chocolate Cake
Yossy Arefi
244 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
244
1 hour 35 minutes
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Easy
Irish Cream Poundcake
Erin Jeanne McDowell
1179 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,179
1½ hours
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Guinness Brownies
Erin Jeanne McDowell
1174 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,174
45 minutes, plus chilling
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Rainbow Cake
Erin Jeanne McDowell
677 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
677
2 hours, plus 1½ hours’ chilling
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Chocolate Irish Cream Cake
Yossy Arefi
150 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
150
3 hours
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Irish Trifle
Martha Rose Shulman
123 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
123
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
877 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
877
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
1101 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,101
1¼ hours, plus cooling
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Shortbread, 10 Ways
Melissa Clark
1915 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,915
1 hour, plus cooling
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The Marrow’s Ginger Stout Cake
Melissa Clark
1910 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,910
1½ hours plus cooling
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Rice Krispies Treats
Scott Loitsch
2180 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,180
20 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Layered Chocolate Mint Bars
Caroline Schiff
71 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
71
2 hours, plus overnight chilling
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Whiskey-Soaked Dark Chocolate Bundt Cake
Melissa Clark
1948 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,948
1 hour 30 minutes, plus cooling
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Rainbow Sprinkle Cake
Julia Moskin, Candace Nelson
4356 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
4,356
1½ hours, plus cooling
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Salted Pistachio Shortbread
Alison Roman
981 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
981
35 minutes
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Chocolate Whiskey Cake
Melissa Clark, Marti Buckley Kilpatrick
3077 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,077
1 hour 25 minutes
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Lime, Mint and Rum Tarts
Yotam Ottolenghi
233 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
233
About 1 hour, plus chilling
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Whiskey-Apple Crumble Pie
Florence Fabricant, Ronald M. Silver, Jen Bervin
419 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
419
2 hours
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Matcha Pie
Florence Fabricant, Four-and-Twenty Blackbirds
553 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
553
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
3536 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,536
45 minutes
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Easy
Fresh Ginger Cake
Amanda Hesser, David Lebovitz
1976 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,976
1½ hours
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Classic Oatmeal-Raisin Cookies
Melissa Clark
6443 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
6,443
45 minutes
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Grammy’s Spice Cookies
Melissa Clark, Claire Will
1575 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,575
1 hour
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Laurie Colwin’s Gingerbread
The New York Times, Laurie Colwin
435 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
435
45 minutes
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Dark Molasses Gingerbread With Whipped Cream
Kim Severson, Edna Lewis, Scott Peacock
865 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
865
1 hour
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Moist Gingerbread Cake With Lemon Glaze
Florence Fabricant
704 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
704
1 hour 15 minutes
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Oatmeal Spice Cookies
Marian Burros, Harriot Kimmel
563 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
563
2 hours 30 minutes
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