Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Cake

Recipe courtesy Paula Deen

Show: Paula's Home CookingEpisode: A Chocolate House Warming

Rated: 5 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (11)

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Cook Time:
40 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
10 to 12 servings

Times:

Prep: 25 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 40 min
Total:: 1 hr 5 min

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Ingredients

Filling:

8 1/2 (1-ounce) semisweet chocolate squares
1/2 cup butter
3 eggs, separated
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup bourbon
1/4 cup flour
1 1/2 cups chopped pecans

Ganache:

1 cup heavy cream
1 1/4 cups semisweet chocolate chips

Directions

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.

Grease and flour a 9-inch springform pan. Melt the chocolate and butter in a small bowl over a double boiler. Remove from heat, and set pot aside leaving the bowl on top of pot.

Whisk egg yolks and 1/2 of the sugar in a metal mixing bowl. Place bowl over slightly simmering water, and whisk until yolks reach 140 degrees F. Remove bowl from heat and beat egg and sugar mixture with an electric mixer to a ribbon stage. Add the Bourbon to the chocolate mixture, then fold the yolk and sugar mixture into the chocolate mixture. Mix flour with pecans and fold into chocolate mixture.

Using an electric mixer, beat egg whites and the remaining sugar to form soft peaks, then fold into chocolate mixture. Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 20 to 25 minutes. Allow cake to cool in pan and then place in the freezer for at least 2 hours. Once it's frozen, remove sides of springform pan. Invert cake onto a wire rack and remove bottom of springform pan.

Prepare ganache by bringing heavy cream to a boil and pouring cream over chocolate chips in a bowl. Whisk until completely smooth. Set wire rack with cake on top of sheetpan. Pour warm lukewarm ganache over cake, coating cake completely, recoating if necessary. Gently jiggle wire rack to help drain excess ganache. Remove cake from wire rack with spatula and place on a serving plate.

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recipe Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Cake
c chicago, IL 03-03-2009
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Why does this need to go in freezer??
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Just made cake and realized it has to go in freezer. Can someone explain?
recipe Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Cake
Andrea Jackson Heights, NY 05-19-2008
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simply spectacular!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

this is literally the most amazing cake ever and though it seems a little bit daunting at first, these are some things i to... make it easier: -i didn't have a thermometer to know when the yolk/sugar mixture reached 140 degrees, so i just dipped my finger in really quick to test - when it seemed quite warm, i took it off the heat. -the ribbon stage of the yolk/sugar mixture is reached when it is beaten to the point that when you let the mixer drip batter into the bowl, the mixture folds onto itself like a bunch of spaghetti does - looking like "ribbons". it takes around 3 or 4 minutes to reach at high speed -i needed to transport this cake and knew it would be easier if it was left in the springform pan, so i poured the ganache over just the top and removed the pan when it was time to serve - it was so much easier than having to remove everything and coat the sides, and exceptionally thick and delicious! thanks so much paula - i love you and your show!Read more
recipe Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Cake
Anonymous 10-13-2007
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Not Easy and Odd-Looking But Good
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

I didn't give this 5 stars b/c the description is completely misleading. This is first and foremost a Pecan Chocolate Bourbon... Cake. It's pretty much pecans w/ the rest thrown in. Also, this recipe is by no means "Easy." I think I'm an intermediate baker, and I'd say this was intermediate. The tools required, the multiple steps, the prep time that was far beyond 25 mins. Also, this is NOT a lofty cake. The first one I baked was literally 1.5 inches high---a pan-cake!!! I was so surprised all I could do was laugh. I ended up baking 2 more cakes and then layering all 3 stuffing fresh whipped cream and whiskey caramel sauce between the layers. Despite the misleading description, after I'd finished my additions and improvs it was a rich and decadent cake. I made it for a friend's b-day and it was a hit! TIPS: If you want to feed more than 1 person, triple the recipe. You can then cut it into 3 layers and layer it or leave as is. Also I doubled the amount of bourbon whiskey I put in it...and I still felt it could have used more! I barely tasted it, even with the whiskey caramel I added. And finally, I'd use bittersweet choco chips in the ganache instead of semisweet...o/w way too sweet. Oh, and don't forget to toast the pecans before dropping them into batter.Read more
recipe Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Cake
Carrie San Antonio, TX 01-17-2007
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Bourbon Pecan Cake
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This is such an easy recipe. Easy instructions and I Love Paula Deen! It tastes great and It's a great conversation piece... too!Read more
recipe Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Cake
giselle bronx, NY 07-06-2006
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giselle
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

i love all her foods
recipe Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Cake
Jack carson city, UT 04-20-2006
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crowd pleasing
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Everybody was raving.