Chocolate-Whiskey Cake with Fluthered Cream
TIME/SERVINGS
Total: 2 hrs 10 mins
Active: 30 mins
Makes: 12 servings
By Regan Burns
INGREDIENTS
For the cake:
- 4 ounces (2 squares) unsweetened baking chocolate
- 1 3/4 cups cake flour
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 sticks (8 ounces) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 3/4 cups packed light brown sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1/4 cup brewed coffee, cooled
- 1/2 cup Irish whiskey
For the fluthered cream:
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 2 tablespoons Irish whiskey
- 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
INSTRUCTIONS
For the cake:
For the fluthered cream:
- Heat the oven to 325°F and arrange the rack in the center. Butter and flour a 12-cup Bundt pan and set aside. Melt chocolate, stirring occasionally, in a small saucepan over low heat. Set aside to cool slightly.
- Combine flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl and mix with a wire whisk to break up any lumps and aerate; set aside. Combine sour cream, coffee, and whiskey in a bowl and stir until smooth; set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment beat together butter and brown sugar at medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes. Add eggs one at a time, beating well and scraping down the bowl after each addition. Add melted chocolate and beat until incorporated, about 30 seconds .
- Alternate between adding flour mixture and sour cream mixture to butter-and-brown-sugar mixture, beginning and ending with dry ingredients.
- Turn batter evenly into the prepared pan and bake until top of cake is puffed and cracked and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 60 to 65 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool, flat side down, on a wire rack, about 30 minutes. Remove cake from the pan and serve warm or at room temperature.
For the fluthered cream:
- Beat all ingredients at high speed until medium peaks form, about 1 minute. Serve slices of cake topped with fluthered cream.
COMMENTS | ADD YOUR OWN
I couldn't figure out why I liked this so much. Was it because it tastes like a truffle? No, it's because of the whiskey.