Cake Recipes
Black Bottom Bourbon
and Sour Cherry Cake
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Bourbon
- 1 cup dried sour cherries
- 8 ounces cream cheese
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 12 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped into 1/2 inch chunks
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 2/3 cup vegetable oil
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup milk
- 1 tablespoon white vinegar
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Instructions
- Gently warm the Bourbon in a small saucepan. Add cherries. Simmer for 1 minute then remove from heat. Let cool.
- With hand mixer or by hand, cream the cheese.
- Gradually add the 1/2 cup granulated sugar.
- Beat in egg and vanilla extract. Stir in cherries, Bourbon and chocolate. Set aside.
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter well, then flour a 10 inch tube pan.
- In a large bowl, sift together flour, cocoa, baking soda, salt and the 2 cups granulated sugar.
- In separate bowl, beat oil, eggs, water, milk, vinegar and vanilla extract until well mixed. Combine with dry ingredients then beat until smooth.
- Pour half the batter into prepared pan. Spoon cheese mixture evenly over batter. Pour remaining batter over cream cheese and smooth the top.
- Bake on center shelf of oven for 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 hours or until a cake tester comes out clean. Let cool for 10 minutes.
- Run spatula around outside of pan to loosen, then turn out of pan onto rack. Let cool before cutting.