Liqueur Cakes Recipes

LIQUEUR CAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour 4 loaf pans.
• Split open vanilla bean and scrape seeds into cream.
• Drop pod into cream and heat until scalding. Let cool.
• Whisk together the eggs, sugar and salt until well blended.
• Sift the flour and baking powder together.
• Whisk the sifted dry ingredients into the egg/sugar mixture just until blended.
• Remove (and discard) the vanilla bean pod from the cream, and whisk cream into the batter.
• Gently mix in the melted butter, pour batter into the prepared loaf pans and bake for 50-60 minutes or until golden brown and a cake tester comes out clean.
• While cake is baking, prepare syrup by combining sugar, water and corn syrup in a heavy saucepan. Stir mixture over medium-high heat until it comes to a simmer.
• Continue to heat (WITHOUT FURTHER STIRRING or your finished product will have sugar crystals!) until mixture comes to a full boil.
• Cover (also important to avoid those nasty sugar crystals) and continue to boil until all sugar is dissolved and liquid is clear, about a minute.
• Remove from heat and let cool for about 5 minutes.
• Stir in liqueur.
• After removing cakes from the oven, allow them to cool in pan for about 5 minutes.
• Run a knife around the edges of the pan and turn cakes out, then immediately return cakes to pans.
• Use a thin wooden skewer to poke numerous holes into the cake, about 1 inch apart. The holes should go all the way from the top to the bottom of the cake. Pour 1/4 syrup mixture over each cake and, if desired, sprinkle with optional toppings.
• Let cool until the cakes have absorbed the syrup.
• Remove from pans.
• Note: If giving these cakes as gifts, you can use disposable aluminum foil loaf pans and give the cake in the pan.

BOOZY CHOCOLATE LIQUEUR CAKE (SO EASY)

Steps:

• Using a hand or stand mixer, beat the eggs and sugar together until it's three times in volume.
• Next, sift the flour and cacao powder together. Using a spatula, fold in the flour mixture by thirds (be extra careful not to overmix).
• Place batter into 9-inch round pan. Bake at 350°F for 30 minute. To check the doneness, insert a toothpick into the center of the cake. If it comes out clean, it's ready.
• Allow the cake to completely cool and slice it into three or four evenly-sized layers.
• To make the soaking cream, whisk the heavy whipping cream and liqueur together. Use a spoon or squirt bottle to saturate each layer with the soaking cream.
• Melt the semi-sweet chocolate chips in the microwave, stirring them every 10-15 seconds until silky smooth. Using a stand or hand mixer, whip the melted chocolate, softened butter, and condensed milk together until well-combined.
• In a separate bowl, beat the very cold heavy whipping cream until it reaches soft peaks. Fold in the chocolatey butter mixture.
• To assemble the cake, place a cake layer on a plate. Spread on a layer of cake cream. Repeat until your run out of cake layers.
• Using the remaining cream, decorate the outside of the cake.
• Dust sides of the cake with the cacao powder and shaved chocolate. Enjoy!