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Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Cake

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Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Cake

Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Cake

Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Cake requires about 1 hour and 5 minutes from start to finish. One portion of this dish contains around 5g of protein, 33g of fat, and a total of 413 calories. This recipe serves 12. It works well as a rather cheap dessert. A mixture of bourbon, semisweet chocolate chips, sugar, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful.

Instructions

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Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
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Grease and flour a 9-inch springform pan. Melt the chocolate and butter in a small bowl over a double boiler.
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Remove from heat, and set pot aside leaving the bowl on top of pot.
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Whisk egg yolks and 1/2 of the sugar in a metal mixing bowl.
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Place bowl over slightly simmering water, and whisk until yolks reach 140 degrees F.
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Remove bowl from heat and beat egg and sugar mixture with an electric mixer to a ribbon stage.
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Add the Bourbon to the chocolate mixture, then fold the yolk and sugar mixture into the chocolate mixture.
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Mix flour with pecans and fold into chocolate mixture.
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Using an electric mixer, beat egg whites and the remaining sugar to form soft peaks, then fold into chocolate mixture.
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Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 20 to 25 minutes. Allow cake to cool in pan and then place in the freezer for at least 2 hours. Once it's frozen, remove sides of springform pan. Invert cake onto a wire rack and remove bottom of springform pan.
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Prepare ganache by bringing heavy cream to a boil and pouring cream over chocolate chips in a bowl.
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Whisk until completely smooth. Set wire rack with cake on top of sheetpan.
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Pour warm lukewarm ganache over cake, coating cake completely, recoating if necessary. Gently jiggle wire rack to help drain excess ganache.
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Remove cake from wire rack with spatula and place on a serving plate.
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DifficultyExpert
Ready In1 h, 5 m.
Servings12
Health Score2
Dish TypesSide Dish
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