Grand Marnier Dessert Coffee Recipes

GRAND MARNIER CAKE

Steps:

• Cream sugar and butter.
• Add egg yolks and 1 teaspoon Grand Marnier.
• Continue to beat. Sift flour, baking soda and baking powder.
• Add flour to mixture with sour cream, beginning and ending with dry ingredients.
• Add orange rind, walnuts and stiff beaten egg whites.
• Butter and flour an angle food cake pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 55 minutes.
• Spoon topping over baked cake while still in hot pan.
• Cool and invert onto serving plate.

GRAND MARNIER DESSERT COFFEE

Steps:

• In two large glass mugs divide brewed espresso. Add 1 tablespoon sugar to each and stir until dissolved, then mix into each 1 tablespoon rum and 1 tablespoon orange liqueur. Holding tablespoon facedown over side of mug, drizzle 1/2 cup cream over back of spoon so most of cream accumulates atop coffee. Repeat with second mug. Garnish with curled orange rinds, if desired.

CHOCOLATE GRAND MARNIER CAKE

Steps:

• For cake:
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter 10-inch-diameter springform pan; line bottom with parchment paper round. Stir chocolate in metal bowl set over saucepan of simmering water until melted and smooth. Cool slightly. Using electric mixer, beat sugar and butter in large bowl 2 minutes. Beat in egg yolks, Grand Marnier, orange peel, and vanilla. Stir in lukewarm chocolate. Add flour and salt; stir to blend. Using clean dry beaters, beat egg whites in another large bowl until peaks form. Fold whites into chocolate mixture in 3 additions. Transfer batter to prepared springform pan.
• Bake cake until top is dry and cracked and tester inserted into center comes out with a few moist crumbs attached, about 45 minutes. Cool cake in pan on rack (top will fall slightly). DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 day ahead. Cool completely; cover and let stand at room temperature.
• For icing:
• Place chocolate and butter in medium metal bowl. Bring cream to boil in small saucepan. Pour hot cream over chocolate mixture; stir until mixture is melted and smooth.
• Run thin knife around inside of cake pan; remove pan sides. Invert cake onto 10-inch removable tart pan bottom or cardboard round. Place on rack set in rimmed baking sheet. Remove cake pan bottom and parchment. Pour icing over cake and spread to cover top and sides (any icing that drips onto baking sheet can be reused). Chill until glaze sets, about 30 minutes. DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover with cake dome and chill. Let stand at room temperature 1 hour before serving.
• Cut into wedges and serve.

GATEAU GRAND MARNIER - ORANGE LIQUEUR CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to moderate 350F.
• Cream butter with sugar until pale and fluffy.
• Beat in egg yolks, one at the time.
• Add Grand Marnier.
• Sift together flour, baking powder, and baking soda.
• Add dry ingredients to butter, alternating with sour cream, beginning and ending with dry ingredients and mixing until smooth.
• Stir in grated rind of orange and chopped walnuts.
• Beat until stiff egg whites and fold into batter. Pour batter into a greased 9-inch cake pan.
• Bake in the moderate oven for 50 to 55 minutes, or until cake tests done.
• Topping: Combine sugar, orange juice, and Grand Marnier.
• Pour over hot cake while it is in the pan.
• Sprinkle with almonds and let cake cool before removing from the cake.