Bertha's Big Bourbon Bundt Cake

Name: Bertha's Big Bourbon Bundt Cake
Prep time: 2 h 40 min
Cook time: 2 h 40 min
Total time: 2 h 40 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons baking powder; 1 Tbsp bourbon; 177 milliliters packed brown sugar; 1 Tbsp butter, softened; 237 milliliters confectioners sugar; 227 grams package cream cheese, room temperature; 4 eggs, room temperature; 591 milliliters all-purpose flour; 237 milliliters toasted pecan pieces; 1 pinch salt; 59 milliliters unsweetened cocoa powder; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 237 milliliters white sugar

Bertha's Big Bourbon Bundt Cake requires around 2 hours and 40 minutes from start to finish. This recipe serves 10. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 499 calories, 8g of protein, and 19g of fat per serving.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10-inch Bundt or tube pan.

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All Purpose Flour

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Oven

Frying Pan

Beat 1 cup butter, cream cheese, 1 cup sugar, and 1/2 cup dark brown sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until light and fluffy. The mixture should be noticeably lighter in color.

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Dark Brown Sugar

Cream Cheese

Butter

Sugar

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Add the room-temperature eggs one at a time, allowing each egg to blend into the butter mixture before adding the next.

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Butter

Egg

Mix in 1 teaspoon vanilla and 1/4 cup bourbon.

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Bourbon

Vanilla

Sift together flour, 6 tablespoons cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt and set aside.

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Baking Powder

Cocoa Powder

All Purpose Flour

Salt

Prepare the filling: combine 1/4 cup butter, 1/4 cup cocoa powder, 3/4 cup brown sugar in a food processor and pulse to combine.

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Cocoa Powder

Brown Sugar

Butter

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Food Processor

Transfer to a bowl and mix in pecan pieces and 1 tablespoon bourbon; set aside.

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Pecan Pieces

Bourbon

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Bowl

Gradually add flour mixture to cake batter; beat on medium speed about 3 minutes.

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All Purpose Flour

Spread half of the batter in bottom of the prepared pan and place teaspoonfuls of pecan filling around the center of batter. Cover with the remaining batter.

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Spread

Pecans

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Frying Pan

Bake in preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the cake comes out clean, 55 to 70 minutes.

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Toothpicks

Oven

Let cool on wire rack for about 20 minutes.

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Wire Rack

Invert cake onto a serving plate and allow it to cool completely before glazing.

For the glaze: sift 1/4 cup cocoa powder with 1 cup confectioners' sugar.

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Powdered Sugar

Cocoa Powder

Glaze

Mix in 1 teaspoon vanilla, 1 tablespoon of butter, and 4 tablespoons hot water; add 1 to 2 more tablespoons water until desired consistency is reached. Spoon glaze over top of cooled cake.

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Vanilla

Butter

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Water