If you are looking for a different cake to make, I suggest you try this one. It
has been a big hit at recent gatherings.
Robbie IN
Kentucky Derby Mint Julep Bundt Cake
Cake:
3 cups cake flour
2 cups white sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup butter
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
4 eggs
Bourbon Butter Sauce:
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
1/3 cup butter
3 tablespoons water
2 teaspoons Bourbon whiskey
Mint Frosting:
2 cups (12-oz. pkg.) white chocolate chips
1 can (14 oz.) sweetened condensed milk (not evaporated milk)
1 teaspoon white creme de menthe liqueur or 1/2 tsp mint extract (see Note)
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10-inch bundt
pan.
Cake:
Whisk together flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, and baking soda in a large
bowl. Make well in the center. In a separate smaller bowl, combine buttermilk,
butter, vanilla extract, and eggs.
Add wet ingredients to flour mixture. Beat at low speed for 1 minute, then
increase to medium speed for 3 more minutes. Pour into prepared pan and smooth
evenly around bundt center.
Bake for 50 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Ten minutes before cake is done, prepare Bourbon Butter Sauce.
Bourbon Butter Sauce:
In a saucepan over medium heat, combine 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar, 1/3 cup
butter, and 3 tablespoons water. Stir until melted and combined. Do not boil.
Remove from heat, continuing to stir for 2 minutes. Then stir in Bourbon.
When cake is done and still warm from the oven, use a skewer to poke holes
around the top of the cake. Pour Bourbon butter sauce evenly over the top of the
cake. Let cake cool to room temperature in the pan before removing.
Mint Frosting:
Melt chocolate chips with sweetened condensed milk in heavy saucepan over low
heat, stirring constantly until chips are melted. Remove from heat and stir in
creme de menthe liqueur (or mint extract). Let cool for 10 minutes, and then
spread evenly over the cooled cake.
Garnish with fresh mint leaves, if desired. Chill to set Chocolate ganache. Take
cake out of the refrigerator 30 minutes before cutting to serve.
Yield: 12 to 18 servings, depending on slice cut
Note: You may substitute green creme de menthe for the white; however the color
may not be appealing. Just add a drop or two of green food coloring. Because I
have had problems with bunt cakes sticking in the past, I removed the cake
immediately from the pan , when I took it out of the oven, then placed it back
in the pan to punch the holes and drizzle the sauce.
Robbie IN
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