Kentucky Bourbon Cake
From caramia 15 years ago
- 30 minutes to make
- Serves 8
definately a great blend of flavors make up with delicious cake.
Ingredients
- 2 cups golden raisins shopping list
- 1 1/2 cups bourbon, divided shopping list
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature shopping list
- 5 eggs shopping list
- 4 cups sifted all-purpose flour shopping list
- 2 teaspoons baking powder shopping list
- 1 teaspoon baking soda shopping list
- Pinch of salt shopping list
- 1 teaspoon freshly grated lemon peel shopping list
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice shopping list
- 1 cup chopped pecans shopping list
How to make it
- Marinate raisins in 1 cup bourbon for up to 12 hours. Drain bourbon and reserve.
- Cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Combine reserved bourbon with lemon peel and juice. Add dry ingredients to butter mixture alternately with bourbon mixture.
- Toss remaining 1/4 cup flour with drained raisins and nuts; fold into batter. Pour into a greased and floured 10-inch Bundt pan. Bake in a preheated 350-degree oven for about 1 1/2 hours, or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool cake in pan about 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack. Brush with remaining bourbon.
- This cake will keep for a long time if wrapped in a bourbon-soaked cheesecloth and stored in a tightly-lidded container.
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This sounds so good, I'm going to make this one, not sure I'll share. ;0) You have my 5
henrie
in Savannah loved it
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It sounds really lovely with the marinated raisins, caramia! I'm sure it will be good too with brown sugar! For me, it's more than a 5! Thank you for sharing!
pariscipes
in Paris&Lyon loved it
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another great sounding cake!
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