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Two Ton Bourbon Pecan CakeWhen you lift this baby, you'll know why it got its name!
Ingredients:
Vegetable oil All purpose flour for dusting 3 1/2 cups all purpose flour 1 tablespoon baking powder 1 teaspoon ground nutmet 1 1/2 cups bourbon 3/4 cup milk 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 1/2 cups butter (3 sticks)at room temperature 1 pound dark brown sugar 6 eggs 2 pounds pecan pieces 7 ounces pecan halves
Lightly grease a 10x 4 tube pan with oil and lightly dust with flour. Sife together the flour, baking powder and nutmeg into a large bowl. Mix 3/4 cup of the bourbon the milk and vanilla in a small bowl
Beat the butter in a large bowl on medium speed until smooth and creamy. About 2 minutes. Beat in the brown sugar until fluffy, about 2 minutes. Beat in eggs one at a time, scraping down sides of bowl frequently to keep the batter smooth. Beat in the flour mixture in 3 additions, alternating with the bourbon mixture. Stir in the pecan pieces until evenly distributed. Pour into the prepared tube pan. Arrange pecans over the top of the cake. Cover loosely with foil.
Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour 40 minutes. Remove foil, and bake another 20 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in the crack on top of cake comes out clean with out moist crumbs sticking to it. Cool cake in pan on a wire rack for 20 minutes. Turn the cake out of the pan. Place a sheet of waxed paper under the wire rack. With a long wooden pick pierce the top of the cake in about 12 places. Slowly pour the remaining bourbon over the cake until all of it is absorbed. Cool completely.
This cake wrapped in plastic wrap and foil can be frozen. It should be thawed in the refrigerator. To serve slice thinnly with serrated knife.
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Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
