Chocolate Bourbon Cake

Name: Chocolate Bourbon Cake
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 237 milliliters (2 sticks) unsalted butter, more for greasing pan; 473 milliliters all-purpose flour, more for dusting pan; 142 grams high quality, unsweetened dark chocolate; 59 milliliters instant espresso powder (can use instant coffee); 2 Tbsps unsweetened natural cocoa powder; 237 milliliters bourbon whiskey (can use 1/2 cup), more for sprinkling; 1 teaspoons kosher salt; 473 milliliters white granulated sugar; 3 larges eggs; 1 Tbsp vanilla extract; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 59 milliliters confectioners sugar (powdered sugar), for sprinkling

Chocolate Bourbon Cake requires around around 45 minutes from start to finish. One portion of this dish contains around 7g of protein, 28g of fat, and Bourbon Layer Cake with Bourbon Ganache and Milk Chocolate Buttercream, Bourbon Crepe Cake with Bourbon Caramel Chocolate Ganache, and Chocolate-Bourbon Cake are very similar to this recipe.

Instructions

Preheat oven, prepare bundt pan: Preheat oven to 325°F. Butter and flour the inside of a large (10 cup) bundt pan.

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Butter

All Purpose Flour

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Kugelhopf Pan

Oven

Melt chocolate: Melt chocolate in a microwave oven or in a double boiler over simmering water.

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Chocolate

Water

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Double Boiler

Microwave

Oven

Let cool. Put a cup of water on to boil.

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Water

Mix instant espresso powder, cocoa powder, boiling water, bourbon, salt: Put instant espresso powder (or instant coffee) and cocoa powder in a large (at least 2 cup) glass measuring cup.

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Instant Coffee

Cocoa Powder

Bourbon

Water

Salt

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Measuring Cup

Add enough boiling water to come up to the 1 cup measuring line.

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Water

Mix until powders dissolve. Stir in the bourbon and salt. Set aside and let cool.

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Bourbon

Salt

Beat butter, add sugar, eggs, vanilla, baking soda, melted chocolate: Beat butter until fluffy (2-3 minutes on high using an electric mixer).

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Baking Soda

Chocolate

Vanilla

Butter

Sugar

Egg

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Hand Mixer

Add sugar and beat a minute longer.

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Sugar

Add the eggs one at a time, beating a minute after each addition.

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Egg

Add the vanilla extract, baking soda and melted chocolate.

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Vanilla Extract

Baking Soda

Chocolate

Alternate adding bourbon espresso mixture with flour: With the mixer on the lowest speed, beat in a third of the bourbon espresso cocoa mixture. When liquid is absorbed, beat in half of the flour (1 cup). Repeat additions, ending with bourbon mixture.

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Espresso

Bourbon

Cocoa Powder

All Purpose Flour

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Blender

Bake: Scrape batter into prepared bundt pan and smooth the top.

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Kugelhopf Pan

Oven

Bake at 325°F until a tester inserted into center of cake comes out clean, about 1 hour 10 minutes.

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Oven

Cool, sprinkle with whisky and powdered sugar: Move the cake to a rack. Gently un-mold after 15 minutes and sprinkle the cake with a little more bourbon whiskey.

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Powdered Sugar