Chocolate Whiskey Bundt Cake Food

WHISKEY-SOAKED DARK CHOCOLATE BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Grease and flour a 10-cup-capacity Bundt pan (or two 8- or 9-inch loaf pans). Preheat oven to 325 degrees. In microwave oven or double boiler over simmering water, melt chocolate. Let cool.
• Put espresso and cocoa powders in a 2-cup (or larger) glass measuring cup. Add enough boiling water to come up to the 1 cup measuring line. Mix until powders dissolve. Add whiskey and salt; let cool.
• Using an electric mixer, beat 1 cup butter until fluffy. Add sugar and beat until well combined. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, beating well between each addition. Beat in the vanilla extract, baking soda and melted chocolate, scraping down sides of bowl with a rubber spatula.
• On low speed, beat in a third of the whiskey mixture. When liquid is absorbed, beat in 1 cup flour. Repeat additions, ending with whiskey mixture. Scrape batter into prepared pan and smooth top. Bake until a cake tester inserted into center of cake comes out clean, about 1 hour 10 minutes for Bundt pan (loaf pans will take less time, start checking them after 55 minutes).
• Transfer cake to a rack. Unmold after 15 minutes and sprinkle warm cake with more whiskey. Let cool before serving, garnished with confectioners' sugar if you like.

WHISKEY-SOAKED DARK CHOCOLATE BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Grease and flour a 10-cup-capacity Bundt pan (or two 8- or 9-inch loaf pans). Preheat oven to 325 degrees. In microwave oven or double boiler over simmering water, melt chocolate. Let cool.
• Put espresso and cocoa powders in a 2-cup (or larger) glass measuring cup. Add enough boiling water to come up to the 1 cup measuring line. Mix until powders dissolve. Add whiskey and salt; let cool.
• Using an electric mixer, beat 1 cup butter until fluffy. Add sugar and beat until well combined. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, beating well between each addition. Beat in the vanilla extract, baking soda and melted chocolate, scraping down sides of bowl with a rubber spatula.
• On low speed, beat in a third of the whiskey mixture. When liquid is absorbed, beat in 1 cup flour. Repeat additions, ending with whiskey mixture. Scrape batter into prepared pan and smooth top. Bake until a cake tester inserted into center of cake comes out clean, about 1 hour 10 minutes for Bundt pan (loaf pans will take less time, start checking them after 55 minutes).
• Transfer cake to a rack. Unmold after 15 minutes and sprinkle warm cake with more whiskey. Let cool before serving, garnished with confectioners' sugar if you like.

CHOCOLATE WHISKEY BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 325°F. Butter bundt pan well, then dust with 3 tablespoons cocoa powder, knocking out excess.
• Heat coffee, whiskey, butter, and remaining cup cocoa powder in a 3-quart heavy saucepan over moderate heat, whisking, until butter is melted. Remove from heat, then add sugar and whisk until dissolved, about 1 minute. Transfer mixture to a large bowl and cool 5 minutes.
• While chocolate mixture cools, whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt in a bowl. Whisk together eggs and vanilla in a small bowl, then whisk into cooled chocolate mixture until combined well. Add flour mixture and whisk until just combined (batter will be thin and bubbly). Pour batter into bundt pan and bake until a wooden pick or skewer inserted in center comes out clean, 40 to 50 minutes.
• Cool cake completely in pan on a rack, about 2 hours. Loosen cake from pan using tip of a dinner knife, then invert rack over pan and turn cake out onto rack.

LEMON-WHISKEY BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Generously butter 10- to 12-cup Bundt pan; dust with flour.
• Stir cake mix and pudding mix in large bowl to blend. Beat in eggs, then milk, 1/4 cup whiskey, oil and lemon peel. Mix nuts with flour in small bowl; mix into batter. Transfer to prepared pan.
• Bake cake until tester inserted near center comes out clean, about 50 minutes. Set pan with cake on rack while preparing glaze.
• Stir sugar, butter and remaining 1/2 cup whiskey in heavy small saucepan over medium-low heat until butter melts, sugar dissolves and syrup bubbles, about 5 minutes. Spoon hot syrup over cake. Cool cake completely in pan. Turn cake out of pan. (Can be made 2 days ahead. Cover and store airtight at room temperature.)

WHISKEY BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F.
• Coat a Bundt pan with nonstick cooking spray.
• In a small bowl, combine the raisins, pecans, and flour; mix until the raisins and pecans are thoroughly coated, then stir them into the cake batter.
• Pour batter into the Bundt pan and bake for 32 to 35 minutes, or until a wooden toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• In a small saucepan, combine the butter, sugar, and whiskey and bring to a boil over medium-high heat; let boil for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Using a fork, poke holes into the top of the cake and pour the syrup over the cake.
• Let cool in the pan for about 15 minutes, then remove to a wire rack to cool completely before cutting.