Ritz-Carlton Chocolate Bourbon Cake
- Ready In:
- 4hrs
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Serves:
-
12
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup currants or 1/2 cup raisins
- 3 ounces Bourbon
- 3 ounces water
- 1 lb semisweet baking chocolate, melted
- 8 ounces unsalted butter, melted
- 6 egg yolks
- 6 egg whites
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup cake flour, sifted
- 3⁄4 cup walnut pieces
- 1⁄4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1⁄4 teaspoon almond extract
- 8 ounces semisweet chocolate
- 4 ounces unsalted butter
directions
- Soak currants in bourbon and water overnight, or heat liquid and let currants soak for 1 hour.
- Beat egg yolks and confectioners' sugar to full volume, until thick and lemon colored and mixture forms a ribbon.
- In a clean bowl, with clean beaters, beat whites, gradually adding granulated sugar, t soft peaks.
- Add yolks to whites and mix at medium speed. Add melted butter until incorporated.
- Remove from mixer and fold in melted chocolate, walnuts, and currants (with 2 tablespoons of liquid they soaked in).
- Add flavorings and fold in cake flour. Pour into a greased and floured 9-inch springform pan lined with baking parchment.
- Place pan on a large sheet of heavy-duty foil wrap and shape to contour of pan at least halfway up. Bake in a water bath (a roasting pan filled halfway with water will do) at 275° about 3 to 3 1/2 hours, or until a knife poked in center is just a little moist. Don't be alarmed by crust forming on top; the top will be turned over and become the bottom.
- When cake is cool, remove from pan and turn over. Melt the remaining 8 ounces of chocolate and the butter separately. Add the butter to the chocolate and mix well.
- Pour over the cake, frost top and sides and refrigerate until firm.
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Reviews
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I chose this recipe ~ believe it or not ~ to make for an AA meeting that my other half was attending to celebrate his sponsor's 36th year of sobriety! Somehow I felt it was appropriate, although I DIDN'T tell anyone how the raisins were soaked! I'd never actually baked a cake this way before, so was a little apprehensive! But, not to worry ~ It came out perfect & was a great success! Many thanks for sharing this great recipe!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
ElaineAnn
United States