Culinary Adventures with Camilla

Today, the From Our Dinner Table group is sharing all manner of St. Patrick's Day recipes. The prompt read: "We are all Irish on St. Patrick's Day! Traditional Irish food includes lots of potato recipes, meat pies and stews, as well as fish and shellfish! Try expanding beyond corned beef a cabbage and try something more traditional this year. Or just make AMAZING corned beef and cabbage." Here's the line-up... Bangers and Mash by Everyday Eileen Easy Boxty by Our Good Life Brownie Batter Fudge for St. Patrick's Day by Hezzi-D's Books and Cooks Cod Cakes by A Kitchen Hoor's Adventures Green Velvet Cookies by Kelly Lynn's Sweets and Treats Irish Buck Cocktail by Family Around the Table Irish Cheddar Ale Mac and Cheese by Cheese Curd In Paradise Irish Cream Poke Cake by Strawberry Blondie Kitchen Irish Soda Bread Scones by Kate's Recipe Box Nutty Irish Car Bomb Cake by Culinary Adventures with Camilla Potted Crab by Kare...

This afternoon I received a short text message from my husband: "Irish. Carbomb. Cupcakes." Sadly, I am just that predictable.  All he had to write were those three little words and I picked up the ingredients for these treats on my way home from work.  I have to admit that I have never tasted them; the two times I've made them, they disappeared before I could really indulge.  I didn't make that mistake tonight.  And, yes, now I get it.  It was very tough to stick to my one-bite taste.  Wow. In spite of their gruesome name, these are a St. Patty's Day tradition for us.  I mean, how can you go wrong with a Guinness chocolate cake filled with a Bailey's-marscarpone filling, topped with a whiskey buttercream?!?  You can't. Guinness Chocolate Cake 1 cup stout (Guinness), 2 sticks butter, ¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder, 2 cups all-purpose white whole wheat flour, 2 cups organic cane sugar, 1½ tsp. baking soda, ¾ tsp. sea salt, 2 large eggs, 2/3 c...