"Oh, with a little luck ~ December will be magic again."
~ Kate Bush
'Magical' Cyclamen
(Return of the native ~ 4th year)
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CHOCOLATE BOURBON BUNDT CAKE
~ Perhaps because the taste is so memorable, ideal for holiday entertaining and Derby Day, this same recipe is posted on many websites ... this keeper is from Wickwood Inn ...
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2 sticks unsalted butter (more for greasing pan)
2 cups all-purpose flour
5 oz. good quality unsweetened chocolate
(like Ghirardelli 60% or 70% cacao for baking)
1/4 cup instant espresso powder
2 Tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder
1 cup bourbon and more for dousing
1/2 tsp. kosher salt
2 cups granulated sugar
3 large eggs
1 Tbsp. vanilla extract
1 tsp. baking soda
Confectioner's sugar or softly whipped cream for garnish
- Butter and flour a 10-cup Bundt pan. Preheat oven to 325-degrees.
- Over simmering water, melt chocolate. Let cool.
- Put espresso and cocoa powders in 2-cup or larger glass measuring cup. Add enough boiling water to come to the 1 cup measure. Mix until powders dissolve. Add bourbon and salt, and let cool.
- Using electric mixer, butter until fluffy. Add sugar and cream until well combined. Beat in eggs, one at a time, beating well between each addition. Add vanilla, baking soda and melted chocolate, scraping down sides of bowl with a rubber spatula.
- On low speed, beat in a third of the bourbon mixture. When liquid is absorbed, beat in 1 cup flour. Repeat, ending with bourbon mixture. Scrape batter into Bundt pan and smooth top. Bake until cake tester comes out clean, about 70 minutes and sprinkle warm cake with more bourbon. Serve warm with whipped cream or ice cream.
Comments
I tried your apple cake and it was delicious -can't wait to try this one. Sounds so good.
vickie
Joey, this Bundt cake must be as wonderful to the senses as that Cyclamen!
How kind, Vickie! Hope this Bourbon Cake will be as enjoyable as the Apple Cake. Do you think we'll get our 1st snowfall this week?
Wishing you a joyful December also, Nancy. I'm getting in the festive mood ... off to assemble luminaria for our Garden Club's annual fundraiser.
I expected this comment, dear Marysol :) I'm delighted to see this cyclamen bloom again for the 4th year in a row. I'm sure many goodies will be popping out of your kitchen also ... Happy December :)
Sounds yummy.
Marnie
Have a great December!
Ever since the movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding...none of us can say Bundt properly. We all have to do the "a Boont". Thanks for making me think of that.
Thank you Joey for your nice comment on my post. So, you are one of those lucky people who lives at the water... I need to go back to your earlier posts and try to find water views.
I love cyclamen, Tatyana ... you are most fortunate to keep them going outside. Once mine bloom indoors, they vacation outside throughout the summer and return again to the sunporch for winter. Yes, I'm blessed to have a cottage on a pristine lake in northern Michigan but our cabin is nothing like the big homes you posted. But our sunsets, something money can't buy, ARE exquisite!
You crack me up, Lindalou! I had forgotten about that :) You sure are a movie buff!
Thank you, dear Kanak. Enjoy the gifts of December!
Indeed a 'magical' month, Kiki! Thank you :)
I love bundt cakes, Marnie ... always moist and heavy, good for noshing :) Go find that pan, girl!
I am trying very hard not to read that chocolate recipe--too many Thanksgiving leftovers consumed here, and I think I might ingest a few calories just reading the ingredients:)
Good for you, Monica! I've barely met a Bundt cake I didn't like! I'm on my 2nd (heavy) Bundt pan but then I'm much older than you :)