Kentucky Bourbon Cake

Kentucky Bourbon Cake

Kentucky bourbon cake is a deliciously dense fruit cake that's brushed with bourbon and wrapped in a bourbon-soaked cheesecloth for a festive treat.

Preparation Time
45 mins
Cooking Time
4 hr
Total Time
4 hr 45 mins
Calories
1077 Calories

Recipe Instructions

Step 1
Add soaked fruit and fold in. Add nuts and fold in.
Step 2
Preheat the oven to 275 degrees F (135 degrees C). Grease a 10-inch tube pan and line the bottom with parchment paper.
Step 3
Soak raisins and cherries in 2 cups of bourbon or whiskey for 48 hours. Before making cake, drain well and reserve bourbon.
Step 4
In a separate bowl, mix flour, nutmeg, and baking powder. Set aside.
Step 5
In a small bowl, cream butter with white sugar. In a separate small bowl, cream yolks and brown sugar until very light.
Step 6
In a large bowl, combine two sugar mixtures and blend well.
Step 7
Alternately, add flour mixture and reserved bourbon in three stages, mixing well with each addition.
Step 8
Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 15 minutes before turning out. When almost cool, brush sides and inside hole heavily with bourbon. Wrap cake with a bourbon-soaked cheesecloth, then with plastic wrap. Refrigerate overnight and saturate again with bourbon. Cover with plastic wrap and then with foil and store for at least 2 weeks in a cool, dry place.
Step 9
In a clean medium bowl, whip egg whites until stiff but not dry. Fold into batter until evenly distributed; pour into the prepared 10-inch tube pan.
Step 10
Bake cake in the bottom of the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 4 to 5 hours. Ovens vary, so it may take longer than 5 hours.
Kentucky Bourbon Cake
Kentucky Bourbon Cake
Kentucky Bourbon Cake

Ingredients

  • 2 cups white sugar
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 2 cups packed brown sugar
  • 5 cups all-purpose flour
  • 6 egg whites
  • 6 egg yolks
  • 1 pound chopped pecans
  • 2 teaspoons ground nutmeg
  • 1 cup bourbon
  • 2 cups bourbon
  • 8 ounces golden raisins
  • 16 ounces red candied cherries, halved
  • 0.75 pound butter

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