Kentucky Bourbon Cake

Name: Kentucky Bourbon Cake
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking powder; 237 milliliters bourbon; 473 milliliters packed brown sugar; 340 grams butter; 454 grams red candied cherries, halved; 6 egg whites; 6 egg yolks; 1 liters all-purpose flour; 227 grams golden raisins; 2 teaspoons ground nutmeg; 454 grams chopped pecans; 473 milliliters white sugar

Kentucky Bourbon Cake is a vegetarian dessert. This recipe serves 10. This recipe covers 24% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains around 16g of protein, 64g of fat, and a total of 1418 calories. Head to the store and pick up baking powder, egg whites, golden raisins, and a few other things to make it today. This recipe is typical of Southern cuisine. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 275 degrees F (135 degrees C). Grease a 10 inch tube pan and line bottom with parchment paper.

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Soak raisins and cherries in 2 cups of bourbon or whiskey for 48 hours. Before making cake, drain well and reserve the bourbon.

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Whiskey

In a separate bowl, mix flour, nutmeg and baking powder. Set aside.

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All Purpose Flour

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In a small bowl, cream butter with the white sugar. In a separate small bowl, cream yolks and brown sugar until very light.

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In a very large bowl, combine the two sugar mixtures and blend well.

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Alternately add flour mixture and reserved bourbon in three stages, mixing well with each addition.

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Add soaked fruit and fold in.

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Add nuts and fold in.

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In a clean medium bowl, whip egg whites until stiff but not dry. Fold into batter until evenly distributed.

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Egg Whites

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Pour into prepared 10 inch tube pan.

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Place a pan of water in the bottom of the oven and bake for 4 to 5 hours at 275 degrees F (135 degrees C). Ovens vary, so watch the baking time. Test cake with wooden pick. (May take longer than 5 hours).

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Remove from oven and allow to cool for 15 minutes before turning out. When almost cool, brush sides and inside hole heavily with bourbon. Wrap cake with bourbon soaked cheesecloth, then with plastic wrap. Refrigerate overnight and saturate again with bourbon. Cover with plastic wrap and then with foil and store for at least 2 weeks in a cool dry place.

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Servings:

1teaspoon

baking powder 237milliliters

bourbon 473milliliters

packed brown sugar 340grams

butter 454grams

red candied cherries, halved 6

egg whites 6

egg yolks 1liters

all-purpose flour 227grams

golden raisins 2teaspoons

ground nutmeg 454grams

chopped pecans 473milliliters

white sugar

Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Riesling, Sparkling Wine, and Zinfandel are my top picks for Southern. In general, there are a few rules that will help you pair wine with southern food. Food-friendly riesling or sparkling white wine will work with many fried foods, while zinfandel is great with barbecued fare. The Weingut Willi Schaefer Graacher Domprobst Riesling Spatlese Number 5 with a 4.4 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 69 dollars per bottle.