Celebration Cake With Hot Buttered Whiskey Glaze

photo by Tinkerbell

- Ready In:
- 1hr 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Yields:
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1 cake
- Serves:
- 12
ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup butter, melted
- 2 cups brown sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1⁄2 cup Bourbon
- 1⁄4 cup water
- 6 ounces chocolate chips
- 1 cup chopped pecans
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Glaze
- 1⁄4 cup butter
- 2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1⁄3 cup Bourbon
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
directions
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
- Grease and flour a 9 x 13" pan.
- In a large bowl, mix flour, baking powder and salt.
- Melt the butter and add to the flour mixture along with the brown sugar.
- Add the eggs, whiskey and water, mixing well.
- Pour into prepared pan.
- Sprinkle with chips and nuts.
- Bake for 50-55 minutes or until center is firm.
- Cool 15 minutes then drizzle with glaze.
- To make the glace, melt 1/4 cup butter in a medium saucepan.
- Whisk in 2 cups confectioner's sugar, 1/3 cup whiskey and vanilla.
- Blend well.
- Pour over cake.
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OHHH MY! Helloooo Whiskey! Although this recipe has not only the smell & taste of strong whiskey, but the aftertaste sticks around a while. It was strong, but not TOO strong (& I'm not a whiskey drinker) so I sent a whole bunch of cake to my husband's work this morning. lol The cake is deliciously moist with a slightly sweetened bourbon taste. I really do think it's worthy of the title, Clebration Cake, as there was a taste explosion in every bite. My absolute favorite part was the glaze. When I poured it over the cake I was afraid the cake was literally going to drown in it. It was so thin & just made a pool of glaze over the entire surface. I left it alone & within minutes the glaze had soaked down the edges of the cake & all across the top, creating an extremely thin layer of crunchy sweetness that made even the edges of the cake delicious. For the chocolate chips on top I used about 1/2 & 1/2 semi-sweet & milk chocolate Ghiridelli. This was a fabulous recipe & I'm so glad I made a trip to the liquer store for it! Thanks for sharing, BakerNurse! Made, enjoyed & reviewed for Fall 2008 Pick A Chef.
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