Grand Marnier Pecan Cake Recipes

GRAND MARNIER CAKE

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Cream butter with 1 cup of the sugar until light and fluffy.
• Beat in egg yolks.
• Sift together the dry ingredients; add to the first mixture alternately with sour cream, beating until smooth.
• Stir in orange zest and chopped pecans.
• Beat egg whites until stiff; fold into batter.
• Pour batter into a buttered 9-inch tube pan and bake at 350 F for 45 to 50 minutes.
• Combine remaining 1/2 cup sugar with orange juice and Grand Marnier; pour over hot cake.
• Decorate top with pecan halves. Cool on rack before removing from pan.
• Enjoy.

ORANGE PECAN CAKE RECIPE

Steps:

• Stir together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
• In a large bowl, cream the butter or margarine, ¾ cup granulated sugar, and brown sugar. Beat in eggs, then add vanilla, sour cream, and orange rind.
• Beat the flour mixture into the creamed mixture. Stir in the pecans. Pour the batter into a greased and floured tube pan.
• In a small bowl, mix together the remaining ¼ cup sugar, the orange juice, and the liqueur.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 1 hour or until it tests done with a toothpick.
• Pour the orange juice mixture over the hot cake. Transfer to a rack to cool.

GRAND MARNIER CRANBERRY POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Grease and flour a 10-in. fluted tube pan., In a microwave-safe bowl, toss cranberries with Grand Marnier; microwave, covered, on high just until heated through. Cool slightly., In a large bowl, beat butter, cream cheese and sugar until blended. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda; add to butter mixture alternately with yogurt, beating well after each addition. Drain cranberries; fold cranberries into batter., Transfer batter to prepared pan. Bake 55-65 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely., In a small bowl, mix Grand Marnier and enough confectioners' sugar to reach a drizzling consistency. Spoon over cake.

GRAND MARNIER BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Zest rind of oranges and juice oranges; set aside.
• Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy then add eggs.
• Add flour mixture and sour cream in small amounts alternately to egg /sugar mixture.
• When well mixed, beat in Grand Marnier,orange zest and pecans.
• Fold beaten egg whites into batter.
• Pour into a greased and floured 10" bundt pan;bake 40-50 minute at 350 degrees.
• While cake is baking; combine glaze ingredients simmer over medium heat until ingredients are combined.
• Spoon sauce over hot cake is still in the pan, cool before removing from pan.
• Invert onto cake plate and enjoy.

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.

GRAND MARNIER PECAN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees farenheit.
• Mix raisins, pecans, flour and salt.
• Cream butter and sugar.
• Add egg yolks, dissolved baking soda and Grand Marnier.
• Beat the egg whites until stiff.
• Combine all three mixtures and fold in the six egg whites.
• Bake for one hour.
• Recipe makes either:.
• one 10" tube pan.
• two 9" kugelhopf or bundt pans.
• two 9x5 loaf pans.
• three 8x4 loaf pans.
• Cool and wrap in foil.
• Refrigerate for 10 days.
• After a week you may wrap the cake in cheesecloth soaked in Grand Marnier and rewrap with foil.
• You may repeat this soaked cheesecloth step as often as you like, as it will make the cake dense-- and a bit boozy.