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Add the vanilla extract, baking soda and melted chocolate. With the mixer on the lowest speed, beat in a third of the bourbon espresso cocoa mixture. When liquid is absorbed, beat in half of the flour (1 cup). Repeat additions, ending with bourbon mixture. Scrape batter into prepared bundt pan and smooth the top.
Few holidays in Texas aren’t celebrated with copious amounts of alcohol. This Southern bourbon cake certainly has that. It’s a dense cake that has a strong bourbon flavor mellowed with the addition of buttery chopped pecans. Then more bourbon is poured over the warm cake, and finally a bourbon butter glaze is drizzled over the top.
Put instant espresso powder (or instant coffee) and cocoa powder in a large (at least 2 cup) glass measuring cup. Add enough boiling water to come up to the 1 cup measuring line. Mix until powders dissolve. Stir in the bourbon and salt.
My very first experience with bourbon cake was when I was about 17 and working in the Jr. Department of Joske’s. It was just before Christmas and I was invited to a Christmas party at the home of one of my co-workers. That table was laden down with all kinds of appetizers, cookies, desserts… you name it.
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