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What are you serving for Derby Day
Do you have your stylish chapeau
Will you whip up a pitcher of mint juleps
Or do you prefer cake?
Here’s a Kentucky Derby tradition for you and your guests.
🎂 Kentucky Derby Bourbon Cake
Ingredients — Cake
- 3 cups sifted cake flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 4 eggs, room temperature
- 1/4 cup bourbon
- 1 cup buttermilk, room temperature
Ingredients — Glaze
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup bourbon
🥣 Directions
1 — Mix the Batter
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- Cream butter + sugars until fluffy (about 5 minutes).
- Add eggs one at a time.
- Combine buttermilk + bourbon in a separate bowl.
2 — Bake
- Alternate adding dry ingredients and bourbon mixture on low speed.
- Finish mixing by hand.
- Grease and flour a Bundt pan thoroughly.
- Bake 40–45 minutes until golden and springy.
- Melt glaze ingredients in a saucepan while it bakes
3 — Glaze
- Leave cake in the pan.
- Poke holes with a skewer.
- Pour 3/4 of the glaze over the warm cake and let it soak for 30 minutes.
- Flip onto a plate and pour the remaining glaze over the top.
- Serve with coffee or a mint julep.
I haven’t made this cake yet, but it’s on my list.
If you give it a whirl for Derby Day, let me know how it turns out — I love hearing your kitchen victories and discoveries.