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Mardi Gras Cream Cheese Pound Cake With Bourbon And Pecans Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Shandy / All my dishes 1 year, 9 months ago I made this for Mardi Gras but I am just now posting the recipe. This cake is soo moist from the cream cheese and the Bourbon flavor compliments the cake. All the flavors together are subtle and I think that the toasted pecans are actually the high... More Prep:20m Cook:80m Servings:12	Shandy
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Ingredients

Equipment

stand mixer with paddle attachment

12 cup tube pan or Bundt pan, greased and floured

medium bowl

Ingredients

CAKE

1-1/2 cups (3 sticks) unsalted butter, softened

1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened

3 cups sugar

6 large eggs

3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 cup bourbon (or milk)

1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1-1/2 cups chopped pecans, toasted

GLAZE

3 ounces cream cheese, softened

1 tablespoon unsalted butter, softened

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

1-1/2 cups confectioners sugar, sifted

2 to 3 tablespoons milk

COLORED SUGARS

dark green

yellow

dark lavender

Directions

1. CAKE: Set oven rack in the middle and preheat oven to 325° F.

2. In the bowl of the stand mixer, cream together the butter and the cream cheese. Add the sugar a little at a time, mixing on medium speed until light and fluffy.

3. Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing on low just until the yolk is no longer visible.

4. In the medium bowl, sift together the flour and the salt. Add the flour and salt to the butter mixture a little at a time, alternating with the bourbon, mixing on low each time just until blended. Be gentle. Don’t over mix, or the cake will be tough and lose volume. Start with the flour and end with the flour. (You can also do this part by hand using a spatula to fold in the flour and bourbon.)

5. Gently fold in the vanilla extract and the pecans.

6. Pour into the prepared tube/Bundt pan and bake for 1 hour 30 minutes to 1 hour 45 minutes, using a long bamboo skewer to check cake consistency. Skewer should come out dry, but may have a few crumbs clinging. Remove from oven and cool in the pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes. Remove from pan and cool completely on the wire rack.

7. GLAZE: In the bowl of the stand mixer, cream together the butter, cream cheese, and vanilla. Add the sifted sugar a little at a time until the sugar is fully mixed in. Add milk a little at a time, mixing as you go, until the glaze drizzles easily from a spoon. Depending on humidity, you may need a little more or a little less milk.

8. DECORATE: Drizzle the glaze around the top of the cake, allowing it to run down the sides. Sprinkle the colored sugars on top of the glaze.

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Comments

conner909 1 year, 9 months ago said:
OMG Shandy...my arteries are clogging just reading the recipe! LoL! But just for grins, say I run right out in the a.m. to make this...I could substitute one tablespoon of mil for one tablespoon of bourbon, couldn't I? What do you think?

chacha 1 year, 9 months ago said:
I LOVE it, LOVE it, LOVE it!!! This recipe looks like it's a 5 fork. I can hardly wait to bake it and thank you so much Shandy for sharing your recipe.

mystic_river1 1 year, 9 months ago said:
WHOOT! how wonderful Shandy girl! ^5 Joymarie

lor 1 year, 9 months ago said:
Oh my gosh! This cake recipe looks tops and thank you for sharing it Shandy.

jeffsgirl 1 year, 9 months ago said:
This looks scrumptious!Thank-you!

berry 1 year, 9 months ago said:
Mmmmm Shandy, delicious and great picture. Thanks foir share it.

henrie 1 year, 9 months ago said:
Wow sounds extremely good, I've got to make this one soon. Great post. You of course have my 5

pat2me 1 year, 9 months ago said:
Wonderful post, I'll be trying it soon as well, thanks!

michellem 1 year, 9 months ago said:
Very sweet looking cake! I give it a perfect 5! I Love the way the frosting drips down the sides of the cake...yummmmm!!

kukla 1 year, 9 months ago said:
Wow! BIG WOW!! Pound cake, cream cheese, bourbon AND pecans??? What's not to like?? TY, Shandy :)

zena824 1 year, 9 months ago said:
Shandy!!! The cakes looks and sounds awesome... cant wait to make it.....