Irish pralines

Deliciuos and very easy to make :) I suppose they're called 'Irish' because of Baileys ♥ ;) but I guess you can use any other/favourite liqueur. I coated them in powdered sugar and cocoa poder, but finely chopped nuts will do the trick as well :)

Recipe (a bit changed) taken from a very (very) old issue of Lubię gotować mini-magazine.

Serves: 33 pralines. Preparation: 40 min. Refrigeration: 1 h + 1 night.

Equipment:

- bowl,

- blender or grater,

- mixer

Ingredients:

- 150g sponge cake (can be leftovers),

- 160g (1 2/5 stick) cold butter,

- 200g dark chocolate,

- 6 tbsp Baileys,

- 40g ground almonds,

- 4 tbsp cocoa powder,

- 3 tbsp powdered sugar 

Method:

Finely grate the chocolate, or blend it into really tiny pieces.

Crumble the cake into a bowl.

Chop the cold butter into thin pieces and add it to the cake, along with the chocolate.

Mix well.

Add 2 tbsp of cocoa powder, the liqueur, and the ground almonds, and mix.

Form the mixture into a ball and refrigerate for an hour.

Then, roll the mixture into small balls (ca. 3cm in diameter).

Refrigerate through the night.

In the morning, coat half of them in powdered sugar, and the other half in the remaining cocoa powder.

Yummy :)