Bourbon Pecan Pound Cake Recipes

BOURBON PECAN CAKE

Steps:

• For the cake: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Whisk together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt in a medium bowl and set aside. Combine the bourbon, milk and vanilla in a separate bowl (it may get clumpy looking--that's ok) and set aside.
• In a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream the butter and coconut oil until fluffy, about 1 minute. Add 1 3/4 cups of the granulated sugar and beat until fluffy, about 1 more minute. Add the egg yolks one at a time, mixing well between additions. Add the dry ingredients in four batches, alternating with the wet mixture, starting and ending with the dry. Stir in the pecans.
• In a stand mixer with a whisk attachment and a clean bowl, whip the egg whites with the cream of tartar on medium until soft peaks form. Sprinkle in the remaining 1/4 cup granulated sugar and whip to stiff peaks, about 5 minutes total. Fold the egg whites into the batter in thirds.
• Pour into a bundt pan and bake until a cake tester comes out clean, 55 to 60 minutes. Let cool before turning the cake out of the pan.
• For the glaze: In a medium bowl, combine the confectioners' sugar, bourbon and 2 tablespoons water. Once the cake is cool, top it with the glaze and sprinkle with the chopped pecans.

GLAZED BOURBON PECAN POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F. Spray a bundt pan with nonstick cooking spray.
• Beat the butter on medium, until fluffy, about 2 minutes. Gradually mix in sugar and beat on medium 4 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition until yolks disappear.
• Whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg. Set aside.
• Mix together sour cream and bourbon. Add to the butter mixture alternately with flour mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Mix on low just until blended. Stir in pecans and pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake 1 hour and 15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with just a few moist crumbs. Set on a wire rack for 15 minutes to cool. Remove from pan and cool completely on rack.
• In a heavy bottom saucepan, melt the butter. Add the brown sugar and milk and bring to a boil over medium heat. Boil for 1 minute. Remove the pan from the heat.
• Add powdered sugar and vanilla and whisk until smooth.
• Pour glaze over completely cooled cake and sprinkle with chopped pecans, pressing down on them gently.

TWO TON BOURBON PECAN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a tube pan.
• Sift flour, baking powder, and nutmeg together in large bowl. In a small bowl, mix 3/4 cup bourbon, the milk and vanilla.
• In a large bowl, beat the butter until smooth and creamy with an electric mixer. Beat in brown sugar until the mixture is fluffy. Add the eggs to the mixture, beating one in at a time. Mix the flour mixture and the bourbon mixture into the large bowl, small amounts at a time. Using a wooden spoon, stir the pecan pieces into the batter. Transfer the batter to the prepared angel food cake pan. Arrange the pecan halves in circles on top of cake (they will be on the bottom once the cake comes out of the pan).
• Cover the pan with foil. Bake in preheated oven until a tester comes out clean, about 1 hour 40 minutes. Remove foil and bake another 20 minutes. Let the cake cool 20 minutes before removing it from the pan. Pierce the cake with a fork or knife in a few places and pour 1 cup bourbon over the cake.

KENTUCKY BOURBON CAKE/WHISKEY CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl or jar, combine the raisins and pineapple. Add the bourbon, cover, and let soak for at least 8 hours or, for a more intense flavor, up to 48 hours.
• Drain the fruit, reserving 1 cup bourbon. (You can imagine what cooks do with any leftover bourbon.) Place the fruit and pecans in a large bowl, add the ½ cup flour, and toss to coat and separate any clumps.
• Position a rack in the center of the oven. Place a roasting pan or large baking pan on the lower rack of the oven and add 1-inch of boiling water. Preheat the oven to 275°F. Grease one 10- by 4-inch (16-cup) tube pan, two 9-inch springform pans or 8-inch (8-cup) tube pans, or four 1-pound coffee tins or 9- by 5- by 3-inch loaf pans, line the bottom and sides with parchment paper or greased pieces of brown paper bag, grease again, and dust with flour.
• To make the batter: Sift together the flour, nutmeg, baking powder, and salt.
• In a very large bowl, beat the butter on low speed until smooth, about 2 minutes.Increase the speed to medium, gradually add the sugars, and beat until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes.
• Beat in the egg yolks, one at a time. Add the vanilla and, if using, zest.
• Add the flour mixture in 3 stages alternately with the reserved 1 cup bourbon, beginning and ending with the flour mixture.
• In a large bowl, beat the egg whites on low speed until foamy, about 1 minute. Increase the speed to medium and beat until stiff but not dry, 5 to 8 minutes.
• Fold ¼ of the whites into the batter, then gently fold in the remaining whites.
• Stir in the fruit and nut mixture.
• Pour into the prepared pan, tapping to remove any air pockets, but do not pack down.
• Bake, rotating the pan every 45 minutes or so, until a wooden tester inserted in the center comes out clean or the internal temperature registers 200 to 208°F on an instant-read thermometer, about 3½ to 4 hours for a 10-inch tube pan, 3 hours for springform pans, 2¼ hours for 8-inch tube pans, and about 2 hours for loaf pans. Place on a wire rack and let cool in the pan, at least 2 hours.
• Remove the cake from the pan. The taste and texture improves as the cake ages. You can wrap the cake airtight and place in the refrigerator for 2 to 3 days or in the freezer for up to 4 months.
• Or to age the cake, wrap it in a cloth or double layer of cheesecloth dampened with bourbon, place in an airtight container or wrap in heavy duty aluminum foil, and let stand in a cool, dry place for at least 2 weeks.

BOURBON PECAN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan. Combine 1 cup of the flour with currants and pecans. Set aside.
• Mix together the remaining 2 cups flour, baking powder, salt and nutmeg. Set aside. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg yolks one at a time, then beat in the flour mixture alternately with the bourbon. Stir in the currant pecan mixture.
• In a large bowl, beat the egg whites until stiff. Gently fold egg whites into the cake batter. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake in the preheated oven for 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool.

BOURBON PECAN POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Combine butter and sugar in bowl of electric mixer and blend until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs one at a time, beating constantly.
• Sift together flour, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg.
• Blend sour cream and bourbon.
• Alternately add flour and sour cream mixture to batter.
• Add pecans.
• Grease bottom and sides of tube or bunt pan.
• Pour in batter and bake at 325 degrees for about one hour and 30 minutes.
• Test cake frequently after first hour and 15 minutes for doneness.
• Let cake cool in pan for 15 minutes before turning out on wire rack.
• To prepare glaze, combine sugar and bourbon.
• Stir while gradually adding water.
• Add only enough water to make a pourable glaze without allowing mixture to become too thin.
• Pour glaze over top of warm cake and let dribble down sides.

BOURBON-PECAN POUND CAKE

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, cream shortening; gradually add in sugar, beating well using an electric mixer on medium speed.
• Add in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• In another bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg; set aside.
• In another bowl, combine sour cream and bourbon; add to creamed mixture alternately with flour mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
• Mix just until blended after each addition.
• Fold in pecans.
• Pour batter into a greased/floured 10-inch tube pan.
• Bake in a 325° oven for 1 hour and 10 to 15 minutes or until pick comes out clean.
• Cool cake in pan on a wire rack for 10-15 minutes.
• Remove cake from pan and cool completely on a wire rack.
• In a bowl, combine all the glaze ingredients; stir well.
• Drizzle glaze over cooled cake.

BOURBON-CREAM CHEESE-PECAN POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Beat butter, cream cheese, medium speed until creamy. Gradually add sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until yolk disappears. Sift flour and salt. Add alternately with bourbon. Add flour first and last. Beat at slow speed until blended after each addition. Stir in vanilla and pecans. Pour into greased and floured 12-cup tube pan. Bake at 325 degrees 1 hr 30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool 10-15 minutes on wire rack remove from pan and cool completely on wire rack. GLAZE (optional) Stir 2 C powdered sugar 3 T milk 1 tsp vanilla Add'l 1 T milk if necessary