This Irish Cream Dessert Sauce is an amazing sweet sauce recipe! Perfect for your desserts and Irish recipes, especially on St Patrick’s Day!
Why You Will Love This Recipe
This dessert sauce is a great way to get the concentrated flavor of Irish Cream (such as Bailey’s) to pour on your favorite desserts!
It only needs a few ingredients and is very versatile to use with so many recipes like ice cream, pie, and our Bailey’s Bread Pudding!
Ingredients
These are the ingredients you need to make a Bailey’s sauce:
- Irish Cream (Bailey’s)
- Heavy Cream
- Sugar
- Cornstarch
- Salt
Equipment
This is the equipment you need to make the homemade dessert sauce:
- Small Pot
- Measuring Cups
- Measuring Spoons
- Whisk
Instruction Overview
Add all of your ingredients to a small pot on the stove over medium heat.
Whisk to combine.
Cook until the sauce is the desired consistency, about 5 minutes.
Modifications and Substitutions
Any brand of Irish Cream will work well here.
Kim’s Tips
Consider how you are using the sauce to determine how thick to make it. If using it on cold things such as ice cream, make it a little thinner. If using it on hot things such as our Bailey’s Bread Pudding, make it thicker since the warmth will thin it out.
FAQs
It is made from Irish whiskey and cream.
It is a rich flavor that is sweet with a hint of vanilla.
Yes. Bailey’s is a brand of Irish Cream.
You can use any brand for this recipe.
Irish whiskey.
It is rich, sweet, and creamy, and brings a wonderful flavor to anything you use it for.
Ingredients
- ½ cup Irish cream liqueur (such as Bailey's)
- ¼ cup heavy cream
- ¼ cup sugar
- 1 Tablespoon cornstarch
- pinch salt
Instructions
- Heat a small pot over medium heat.
- Add all of the ingredients into the pot and whisk to combine.
- Simmer over medium heat for about 5 minutes until you have your desired consistency.
