Saint Patrick's Day

Last Sunday was Saint Patrick’s Day, and so my family had an Irish-themed weekend. We had a party at our house on Saturday, and served Corned beef, boiled potatoes, carrots, and cabbage, and a chocolate Guinness cake, which I helped make. The Corned beef and vegetables we cooked in a slow-cooker recipe by putting them in our crock-pot. First we made a nice glaze of apple juice, brown sugar and mustard. Once the sugar had dissolved we placed the corned beef in the pot, and then mixed in the red potatoes, carrots, cabbage, and some onion. We then let this cook for about nine hours and it was ready when our guests arrived. For the cake we first melted the butter with the beer, and then whisked in sugar and cocoa powder. Next we added two eggs, some sour cream, and vanilla. Finally we mixed in the flour and some baking powder. Then we put it in the oven for 45 minutes, and began the frosting. The frosting we made by mixing butter, powdered sugar, and a little baileys. Once it was nice and fluffy we spread it on the cake and we were done. Jack B