Bourbon Barrel Cake Recipe

2 2 3 cups all purpose flour 3 4 cup granulated sugar 1 3 cup light brown sugar 1 4 cup dutch process cocoa powder.

Bourbon barrel cake recipe.

A prevalent 1943 advertisement for aunt martha s whiskey cake actually made in pennsylvania 2 75 for a 1 lb 10 oz loaf boasted epicurean gift made from an 1820 recipe and there s a quart of quality bourbon in every six pounds. Before mixing in cake drain well reserve bourbon. Melt chocolate in a microwave oven or in a double boiler over simmering water let cool. Wrap cake with bourbon soaked cheesecloth then with plastic wrap.

The original kentucky woods cake is the one and only bourbon barrel cake. 7 year aged kentucky bourbon is used to give the cake a uniquely nutty maple flavor. Soften butter at room temp. A good bourbon cake recipe is one of those things that s handed down from generation to generation here in the south.

Preheat oven to 325 f. Soak in covered container for 48 hours. Beat egg yolks until very light than add brown sugar. As the recipe spread outside its native region in the 1940s the name frequently became kentucky bourbon cake and kentucky whiskey cake.

Other than that best recipe for bourbon cake i have found so far. Beat well to dissolve sugar. 5 brendathurman may 27 2017 7 37 pm reply. 1 preheat oven prepare bundt pan.

All of bourbon barrel foods products incorporate innovative uses of bourbon barrels and are crafted with care in small batches. When almost cool brush sides and inside hole heavily with bourbon. Pour 2 cups bourbon or whiskey over raisins and cherries. Established in 2006 as the u s s only soy sauce microbrewery bourbon barrel foods has become a cornerstone in both the bourbon and gourmet foods industries.

This moist brown sugar cake is made with pure maple and chocolate and topped with walnuts chocolate and caramel bourbon icing. Our original kentucky woods cake is the original one and only bourbon barrel cake and is a moist brown sugar cake with pure maple and chocolate cake topped with walnuts chocolate and caramel bourbon icing. If i don t have buttermilk or any milk can i use water or more brandy. Add sugar beat until fluffy.

I found this unusual bourbon pecan pound cake in one of my early 20th century cookbooks with a hastily scrawled star next to the title in faded blue ink. May take longer than 5 hours. Test cake with wooden pick. It s so buttery and moist and it is bursting with bourbon flavor.

Michelle may 27 2017 9 54 pm. Butter and flour the inside of a large 10 cup bundt pan. Remove from oven and allow to cool for 15 minutes before turning out.