Bourbon Barrel Cake Recipe

It s so buttery and moist and it is bursting with bourbon flavor.

Bourbon barrel cake recipe.

Preheat oven to 325 f. 1 preheat oven prepare bundt pan. Soak in covered container for 48 hours. 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.

Remove from oven and allow to cool for 15 minutes before turning out. Put a cup of water on to boil. Refrigerate overnight and saturate again with bourbon. Soften butter at room temp.

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. 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. May take longer than 5 hours.

Other than that best recipe for bourbon cake i have found so far. Michelle may 27 2017 9 54 pm. 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. The original kentucky woods cake is the one and only bourbon barrel cake.

As the recipe spread outside its native region in the 1940s the name frequently became kentucky bourbon cake and kentucky whiskey cake. Pour 2 cups bourbon or whiskey over raisins and cherries. When almost cool brush sides and inside hole heavily with bourbon. 5 brendathurman may 27 2017 7 37 pm reply.

Beat egg yolks until very light than add brown sugar. All of bourbon barrel foods products incorporate innovative uses of bourbon barrels and are crafted with care in small batches. Test cake with wooden pick. This moist brown sugar cake is made with pure maple and chocolate and topped with walnuts chocolate and caramel bourbon icing.

We use seven year aged kentucky bourbon to give a very unique nutty and maple flavor. 7 year aged kentucky bourbon is used to give the cake a uniquely nutty maple flavor. Melt chocolate in a microwave oven or in a double boiler over simmering water let cool. Beat well to dissolve sugar.

If i don t have buttermilk or any milk can i use water or more brandy. Wrap cake with bourbon soaked cheesecloth then with plastic wrap. A good bourbon cake recipe is one of those things that s handed down from generation to generation here in the south.