My boozy cake with guidance from Great Exbaketations
Last night we attended a Yelp event, Boozy Baking with Great Exbaketations. Cheyenne, the master baker, led us through the creation of a rich chocolate cake and then hit it hard with a simple syrup infused with booze of your choice (Evan Williams 100 proof in our case; she usually uses rum). This is a great trick to add to your repertoire for those times you want a moist and sugary treat.
That dark streak in the middle is pure boozy, sugary decadence
The technique is simple. Prepare a simple syrup by bringing 1 c water and 2 c sugar to the boil, stirring occasionally; the sugar will dissolve as it heats. Cool this and transfer to a squeeze bottle along with enough booze for the flavor to come through. We used about a quarter cup of bourbon with a cup of simple syrup. Bake the cake as usual and let it cool slightly till you can remove from the baking pan, then squirt the syrup on the top of the cake in many places and let it soak in. We also poked a few holes to get the syrup to the interior, and squirted still more syrup onto the serving slices; these would have disappeared if we chose to ice the cake.
Pride Month cake available from Etsy.
Great Exbaketations is a virtual bakery that will make cakes to order for local pickup in the Albany, NY area or shipment through Etsy anywhere in the country. They’re currently featuring a Pride Month special: a vanilla cake infused with cherry liqueur and covered with rainbow icing and edible glitter. 20% of proceeds goes to In Our Own Voices, Inc., an Albany-area organization supporting the LGBT POC community.
